Comments on: “That was my own little MFA” — novelist Camille Pagán on frustration and success https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/ Writer, Author, Speaker Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:32:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: ≫ Enllaços que m'encanten. – Moderna senyora Darcy https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-441673 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:32:16 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-441673 […] «Aquest era el meu petit MFA» – la novel·lista Camille Pagán sobre la frustració i l’èxit. “Els seus cinc llibres que no van funcionar van ser escrits per complir les expectatives de ser […]

]]> By: Random Stuff of the Week https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30486 Sun, 17 Apr 2016 18:17:34 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30486 […] novelist talks about how success came when she started to write for herself and not her […]

]]> By: Links I love. | Modern Mrs. Darcy https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30485 Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:05:34 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30485 […] “That was my own little MFA” — novelist Camille Pagán on frustration and success. “Her five books that didn’t work were written to fulfill the expectations of being a […]

]]> By: Camille Pagán https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30484 Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:42:45 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30484 Laura, so great to chat with you–thanks for including me on your blog!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30483 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:55:32 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30483 In reply to Marie.

@Marie- ha, that would be “very young writer” in my case then 🙂

]]> By: Carrie Willard https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30482 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 14:24:29 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30482 In reply to Marcia at Organising Queen.

My thoughts exactly! Sounds just like Big Magic.

]]> By: Marie https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30481 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:52:28 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30481 Very inspirational; I’ll have to check out her work.

Also, when I first saw this I read her name as “Camille Paglia” and was shocked that the two of you met when you were young writers. 🙂

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30480 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 18:01:44 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30480 In reply to Shelby.

@Shelby – don’t quit! NaNoWriMo novels are supposed to be…rough. Just keep going and you can rethink it all later.

]]> By: Marcia at Organising Queen https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30479 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:50:42 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30479 I love what she said about writing for herself first, and not being attached too much to the outcome. Exactly what Liz Gilbert says in Big Magic.

]]> By: Shelby https://lauravanderkam.com/2015/11/that-was-my-own-little-mfa-novelist-camille-pagan-on-frustration-and-success/#comment-30478 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:32:08 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=5773#comment-30478 I’m deep into my first novel and was today contemplating quitting. (NaNoWriMo week two blues?) I needed to read this. Thank you.

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