Dear writers,
It's my great pleasure to introduce you to writer Tom Andes, the newest member of the WriteByNight team.
Tom Andes was born and raised in Southern New Hampshire, and has lived on both coasts and in New Orleans. His fiction has appeared in Witness, News from the Republic of Letters, Best American Mystery Stories
2012, and elsewhere. His essays, reviews, and interviews with writers and musicians have appeared in periodicals including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Bookslut, and The Rumpus. He is the author of the fiction chapbook Life Before the Storm and Other Stories (Cannibal Books, 2010).
Where are you from?
I grew up in Southern New Hampshire,
less than an hour from the Atlantic Ocean, but I’ve lived all over since then, mostly in the Bay Area and New Orleans.
Where did you study?
I attended Loyola University New Orleans (BA, 1999) and San Francisco State University (MA, 2005; MFA, 2008).
How did you get your start as a writer?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved reading, and I’ve tried emulating what I read in notebooks of my own. I started writing poetry more seriously in college, and the year I graduated from college, after taking John Gardner’s famous advice about
reading all of Faulkner and then all of Hemingway to clean the Faulkner out of your system, I sat down and wrote what I’d consider my first real short stories.
Read more Q&A with Tom, including his predictions about the publishing industry and words of wisdom for aspiring writers.
Interested in working with Tom (or another talented member of our staff) to improve your writing and accomplish your goals?
Simply reply to this email to let me know. We'll chat, get to know each other, and hatch a plan for you and your work.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Justine
Justine Tal Goldberg
Owner, WriteByNight
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