Ep 141: Francesca Lia Block

Francesca Lia Block, author of more than 25 books, including
seminal YA novel Weetzie Bat, talks about her most recent book,
THE THORN NECKLACE, a memoir-driven guide to healing through the
craft of writing. Francesca talks about meshing her life with
that of her most favorite character, shares some incredibly
useful writing exercises, and talks about *when* to do research.


 


Francesca Lia Block Show Notes


Joni Mitchell


Harry Houdini


Linda Venis, former head of the UCLA extension Writers Program


H.D., “Sea Rose”


The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde


Jill Alexander Essbaum


Fairies in the Kitchen: The Weetzie Bat Cookbook by Carmen Staton
and Francesca Lia Block


The Midnight Disease by Alice W. Flaherty


Hypergraphia


Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms
Our Lives by Louise DeSalvo


Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne
Lamott



Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf