HeyJaredMelissa’s Substack
Welcome to The Writing Pool substack hosted by me, Melissa Clark. I am a writer, writing coach, and now art dealer. We'll do a little of this and a little of that in this space. Watch for free coaching sessions, musings, writing tips and vintage art!
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Been a min... (opens the original)
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Thanks to a generous faculty grant from the college where I teach, I was awarded a late summer trip to Vermont in August. Ah, Vermont! My favorite state in the country. Home of Bernie Sanders and Ben and Jerry’s. Vermont with its striking greenery and fluffy-as-heck clouds. My latest novel-in-progress takes place at a fictional boarding school in Vermont, and so I headed East to check out some real life boarding schools. The kind folks at The Putney School invited me to tour their campus, which
The End of The Bear (opens the original)
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Those first few episodes of Season One of The Bear were disorientating and chaotic. Food spilling, plates breaking, camera angles all over the place. My nervous system could barely stand it. But, oh, that Carmine character was so compelling with his broody moods and piercing blue eyes. I stuck with it, and boy am I glad I did. I soon realized that this wasn’t only a series about the restaurant biz, it was a tale about creativity in general. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="http
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