Finnegan’s Take

Welcome! In this newsletter I offer my take on a range of topics related to creative writing of all kinds, from fiction to memoir to research-intensive non-fiction. In this space I reflect on the writing process, explore common struggles we all face as writers, and share advice and resources you can put to immediate use in your own writing life.

My name is Cara Finnegan. I teach, coach, and mentor writers as they develop their craft, shape their stories, and build processes that work for them. I love — LOVE! — working with writers, whether it’s the hundreds of students I’ve taught as a college professor over the past three decades or the incredible writers I’ve coached since I became an Author Accelerator-certified book coach.

In this space you can also expect to learn a bit about what I'm working on in my own writing life, as well as delightful trivia about two of my not-so-secret enthusiasms: photography history and stories about art crime.

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