It’s my pleasure to create an inviting and stimulating atmosphere, in which writers build a community while navigating the process from inception to publication. As an instructor, I’m energized by how writers use the tools of the craft. Mermaid was featured in The Daily Beast, and was on Page One in Poets & Writers. Universally, we struggle with developing nuanced characters, creating an authentic yet compelling story arc, and projecting the voice that we claim as our own. Eileen Cronin is the author of Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience, WW Norton, one of Oprahs Best Memoirs of 2014: And in Pop Sugars Must Reads of 2014. At the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did not have legs. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs. Buy Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience by Cronin, Eileen (ISBN: 9780393089011) from Amazons Book Store. I’ve worked with underprivileged writers as well as senior writers on television shows. MERMAID is included in the February O Magazines selection '10 Titles to Pick Up Now. The writing process itself might be the subject of a future project.

A contemplative stroll into the interior could be as engaging as a rollercoaster ride with tense starts, euphoric crests, and teeth-clattering plunges. We are drawn to a story because of how it’s told-the characters, the details, the voice of the writer. She’s received a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and the Washington Writing Prize, and was a finalist for Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Competition. PhD, memoirist and psychologist whose book Mermaid, translated in 3 languages, was one of O Magazine’s Best Memoirs of the Year.

Mermaid by Eileen Cronin