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Kathy Leonard Czepiel

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Kathy Leonard Czepiel is the author of A Violet Season (Simon & Schuster 2012). The novel, set on a Hudson Valley violet farm in 1898-99, has been hailed by Robert Olmstead as "fully imagined and beautifully written." Czepiel's short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Cimarron Review, Indiana Review, and CALYX. She is the recipient of a 2012 creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Czepiel teaches writing at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. (photo by Chris Volpe)


Having just completed the first draft of my second novel, I can attest to the fact that writing a first draft is still a lot better than oral surgery, but a good measure worse than folding laundry or even cleaning the bathrooms (which, full disclosure, my husband does). First drafts require starting from nothing and creating something only slightly better than nothing. At least, that’s how my f... read more »
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Published on May 17, 2013 11:48 Tags: drafting, first-draft, revising, writing
Average rating: 3.79 · 154 ratings · 44 reviews · 1 distinct work · Similar authors
A Violet Season: A Novel
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19860 Classics and the Western Canon — 1295 members — last activity 1 hour, 16 min ago
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though...more
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From January 04, 2013 to January 9, 2013, Kathy will answer questions about her historical novel, A Violet Season, as well as what it's like to be a d...more
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