Stacey May Fowles

Nov 21, 2024 | janefriedman.com | Stacey May Fowles |Jane Friedman

Today’s post is an abridged excerpt from “In Defence of Giving Up” by Stacey May Fowles in Bad Artist edited by Nellwyn Lampert, Pamela Oakley, Christian Smith, and Gillian Turnbull. Copyright © 2024 by the contributors. Reprinted with permission of TouchWood Editions. Before my daughter was born, in early 2018, I was mostly convinced my worth lay in writing eight hundred–word pieces in very little time for very little money.

Sep 13, 2023 | quillandquire.com | Stacey May Fowles

As a teenager, Paola Ferrante loved Timothy Findley’s writing. She remembers hearing an anecdote about how the author once threw out a short story because he believed it was too dark and dreary, that it failed to give the reader any hope. “That stuck with me because I do think there is hope for humanity despite the dire circumstances of our world,” she says.

May 6, 2023 | calgaryherald.com | Stacey May Fowles

May 6, 2023 | peacecountrysun.com | Stacey May Fowles

May 6, 2023 | simcoereformer.ca | Stacey May Fowles