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Andromeda Romano-Lax

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Andromeda Romano-Lax worked as a freelance journalist and travel writer before turning to fiction. Her first novel, The Spanish Bow, was translated into eleven languages and was chosen as a New York Times Editors’ Choice, BookSense pick, and one of Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year. Among her nonfiction works are a dozen travel and natural history guidebooks to the public lands of Alaska, from Denali National Park to the Tongass National Forest, as well as a travel narrative, Searching for Steinbeck’s Sea of Cortez: A Makeshift Expedition Along Baja’s Desert Coast, which was an Audubon Editor’s Choice. She is a co-founder of 49 Writers, Alaska's statewide literary nonprofit. She currently lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia ...more

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Andromeda Romano-Lax A couple of years ago I found out that the man I thought was my father really wasn't, and instead, my biological father--whom I never knew--had died j…moreA couple of years ago I found out that the man I thought was my father really wasn't, and instead, my biological father--whom I never knew--had died just a week before my birth. Now I know what happened (a natural death, but very young). But until I had that info, the mystery of that tragic week in late December 1970 felt like fiction. (less)
Andromeda Romano-Lax Thanks for asking, Judy! I'm working on a thriller set in Guatemala, involving a mother trying to learn the truth about her daughter's death. It's mor…moreThanks for asking, Judy! I'm working on a thriller set in Guatemala, involving a mother trying to learn the truth about her daughter's death. It's more of a conventional thriller in the sense of no hybrid structure, no long-ago past storyline. I've had a ball writing it, and it's partly based on a trip I made to Guatemala, so it's been fun bringing the setting and culture alive--especially during this COVID era, when we can't travel! Thanks for asking, and I apologize I never saw this question when it was first posted two months ago. (!) (less)
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Workshopper Beware, an essay at Jane Friedman's blog

It's finally time to talk about writing workshops, the good, the bad, and the nuts. Literal nuts. Thanks for hosting this conversation, Jane Friedman!

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My forthcoming novel, THE DEEPEST LAKE, is set at a memoir writing workshop. I've attended and taught workshops for twenty-plus years--which means I've seen a lot--but I hear new horror stories from other write Read more of this blog post »
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“Since I was a very small boy, traveling from town to town, three hundred days a year, I learned to love this life. The cradlelike rock and sway of the train, the hospitality of our countrymen, the gentle hearts of our countrywomen. You will find that, as long as you keep moving, there is no end to the delights awaiting you. But you must keep moving, Feliu. Even when the heart skips; even when the view blurs.”
Andromeda Romano-Lax, The Spanish Bow

“Al mejor cazador se le escapa la liebre”
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“A lot of well-meaning and important people take an interest in eugenics,” Father said, still maintaining that curiously even tone. “Roosevelt does. Alexander Graham Bell does.” “And Margaret Sanger,” Mother chipped in. “A number of progressives.”
Andromeda Romano-Lax, Behave

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
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