On Writing, with Rachel Swearingen

In this conversation with award-winning writer Rachel Swearingen we talk about how to build a writing practice that grows with you, the art of writing short and long fiction the importance of play, her residency in Berlin and about some of her short stories and how they came to be written. Next time we'll talk about her favorite stories of her own and the writers she admires, working in short fiction now. We also talk about the importance of community for writers, and then Rachel turns the tables on me! Rachel Swearingen is the author of "How to Walk on Water and other short stories" which received the New American Press Fiction Prize.  LINKS This episode: storyaday.org/episode282 Rachel's site: rachelswearing.com Sign up for StoryADay May: storyaday.org/signup Support the podcast: glow.fm/storyaday