Archive - The Bricklayer's Daughter

The Island of Misfit Characters

The novelist as murderer

Jul 17 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

Talk to Grandma while you can

Rescuing family stories from the dustbin of history

Jul 3 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

June 2025

Navigating the publishing-industrial complex as a (very) late-blooming novelist

Jun 21 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

The essential work behind the front lines--then and now

Jun 6 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

May 2025

The importance of being a good literary citizen

May 26 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

Celebrating victory—80 years since VE Day

The importance of respite and joy amidst 'the sorrow and the heartache.'

May 8 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

April 2025

What's past is prologue

Lessons from a teenage girl in an attic

Apr 26 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

Standing Up For Our Libraries

A proxy for democracy itself

Apr 10 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

March 2025

Spinning trauma into hope

A sneak preview of Novel #2

Mar 29 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

Writing Imitates Art

Using the Golden Rectangle to find the flow

Mar 13 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

February 2025

Embracing a big idea

In the nick of time

Feb 27 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

People like to be asked

Some fundamental book publicity truths that aren't necessarily self-evident

Feb 13 •

Elisa Speranza (she/her)

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