Tag: memoir

• At Long Last, Some Book News

  It is delightfully surreal to share that I have a book coming out. My short story ‘Outfit of the Day’ will be published in an Anthology titled ‘Turning Points.’ The backstory: I am a member of Off Campus Writers’ Workshop in Winnetka. The group is marking its 75th Anniversary as a longstanding Chicago writing group…

  KellyQAnderson

  May 12, 2021

  Chicago, Lifestyle, Reading, Writer Life

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• Happy Weekend: Need Your Book Recs!

  I love a good book recommendation. A friend/cousin (frousin?) recommended Portrait of An Addict as a Young Man by Bill Clegg. It was a short read but a wild ride that narrows in on a successful literary agent’s addiction and recovery. What should I read next? Speaking of nothing related to books…I am loving a…

  KellyQAnderson

  September 6, 2019

  Lifestyle, Reading

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• Convos With Writers: 11 Questions with Lisa Jakub

  You already know Lisa Jakub and that’s okay. You know her from her work in Mrs. Doubtfire or Independence Day or maybe even George Lucas in Love, that viral video before ‘viral’ was actually a thing. She’s a face you grew up with and there’s probably a part of you that recalls a sweet childhood or…

  KellyQAnderson

  December 1, 2017

  Convos With Writers, Writer Life

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