Episode 61 - Vendela Vida: Part 4
from This Writing Life Hosted by James Kidd
The final part of ThisWriting Life's cheerful conversation with Vendela Vida begins with wondering whether writing is a form of narcissism and ends with a discussion of parenthood.----more----In between we explored: 'There are people doing good in the world...and I am just sitting here thinking my thoughts. That's why you need to keep a sense of humour about what you are doing.' Vida on her children's literacy programme, 826 Valencia, and The Believer magazine 'Writing can be very lonely...We read to know we're not alone, and we write to know we're not alone' the importance of helping young people develop writing skills 'If my own kids wanted to be a writer, I might say, Gosh, there are so many jobs out there.' on her early writing career: 'Trying to pay grad school loans, working a job, waitressing. 5 o'clock in the morning pretending to write to justify the rest of my existence. That is not fun...' on whether she had a choice to be a novelist how do writers (try to) make a living? how does Vida fit it all in? what's next? family and motherhood. Two short Vida 'This Writing Life podcast-extras' will follow next week. Her latest novel is The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty, available in paperback from Atlantic.
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