Thea Swanson
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Editor |
| Location | Suquamish, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | If I couldn't create, I couldn't live. I run a manuscript editing boutique for serious writers (http://www.mssediting.com). I write short stories and novels and received my MFA in Writing from Pacific University. I have stories published in Crab Creek Review, Image, Our Stories, Camera Obscura, Anemone Sidecar, Danse Macabre and New Plains Review. I think it is unfortunate that publishers don't want to sign short-story collections because they're not profitable. I wonder if this was the case when Carver was submitting. I wonder if anyone besides writers read literary journals. I wonder if blogging will eliminate the short printed word. |
| Interests | Innocence, kindness, honesty, authenticity, transparency, my husband, my kids, my friends, my stories, music, laughter, child-like goofiness, dancing, freedom |
| Favorite movies | Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Babette's Feast, Bagdad Cafe, The Sound of Music, Hamlet (with Kenneth Branagh), Shakespeare in Love, Rushmore |
| Favorite music | The list is huge, but it includes Peter Bjorn and John, Matt & Kim, Metric, Mazzy Star, Silversun Pickups, Yeah Yeah Yeah, The Pixies, Frank Sinatra, 80s dance-club music, The Replacements, Afraid of Girls, any street music I hear in Seattle that uses accordions and washboards and is reminiscent of sea shanties, and Pablo Casals' Bach cello suites. |
| Favorite books | Madeleine is Sleeping, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Light in the Forest, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Mrs. Dalloway, How All This Started, Wuthering Heights, Last Things, The Shipping News, and many more including literary journals and short story collections |