The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience

How Award-Winning Author Michelle Huneven Writes


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Critically acclaimed and award-winning author, Michelle Huneven, talked to me about her former life as an LA food critic, how to write self-referential fiction, and the spiritual detective work behind her latest novel "Search."

Michelle's books have been New York Times Notables and finalists for the LA Times Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is the recipient of a Whiting Award for Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a James Beard Award for feature writing with recipes.

Her fifth novel, Search, was named one of the "10 Most Anticipated Fiction Books of 2022" by Kirkus and is described as "... a sharp and funny novel of a congregational search committee, told as a memoir with recipes."

Michelle received her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches creative writing at UCLA.

In this file Michelle Huneven and I discussed:
  • How she draws "psychic juice" from her fiction writing
  • What 20 min. a day can do for your writing routine
  • The "ground aversion" writers face to finishing
  • And a lot more!
  • Stay calm and write on ...

    Show Notes:

    MichelleHuneven.com

    Search: A Novel by Michelle Huneven (Amazon Affiliate)

    Michelle Huneven Amazon Author Page (Amazon Affiliate)

    My Antonia by Willa Cather (Amazon Affiliate)

    What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories by Laura Shapiro (Amazon Affiliate)

    Michelle Huneven on Instagram

    Michelle Huneven on Twitter

    Kelton Reid on Twitter

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