Comments on: All in the Family http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Sarah Henson http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25382 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:47:37 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6624#comment-25382 My brother and I both write. I write fiction (mostly YA) and he writes nonfiction (currently studying journalism at Ole Miss). We have a little competition but support each other and critique one another’s pieces. I’m always proud when one of his articles gets picked up by a paper, and he’s been standing beside me in my quest for publication. It would be great to work together on something, but our styles wouldn’t mesh well. Nevertheless, our writing is one thing that draws us closer together.

]]> By: D. A. Hosek http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25344 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:53:56 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6624#comment-25344 There’s also Evelyn and Alec Waugh in the sibling act thing. I’m one of three brothers, my oldest brother has published a short story in Analog, his twin wrote for a few TV shows in the 90s and I’ve published some graphic design articles but no fiction (yet).

]]> By: Alli Sinclair http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25338 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:36:31 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6624#comment-25338 My brother and I are both writers. We are also each others’ critique partners. And we go to conferences together. We’re both querying different books at the moment, totally differnt genres, so there is a little healthy competition, but we both realise getting published can be a roll of the dice, ie the right book hits the desk of the right agent/editor at the right time.

We’ve talked about collaborating on a novel, and have thrown ideas around but nothing concrete at this stage. Who knows what the future holds?

]]> By: Ciara http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25330 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:14:38 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6624#comment-25330 Dear no, I don’t even have siblings who read! My brothers are firm techies.

]]> By: Tegan http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25327 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:46:25 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6624#comment-25327 I just realized that Maile Meloy (BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT and the upcoming kids’ book APOTHECARY) and Carson Meloy (WILDWOOD)are siblings! Then there’s Mary Guterson (WE ARE ALL FINE HERE) and her brother David Guterson (SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS)… David & Amy Sedaris, too.
My sister, Narissa Willever, has always been a writer, “self-publishing” books since she could tape and staple and recently published in magazines. I think her creativity with fiction definitely inspires me, but may also be why I’m drawn to writing nonfiction myself. I think it’s definitely a bond to have a sibling who can riff on ideas and encourage dreams of publication.

]]> By: Teri Carter http://www.dystel.com/blog/2011/09/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-25326 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:39:58 +0000 http://www.dystel.com/?p=6624#comment-25326 This reminds me of the Vanity Fair essay a few years ago by Dominick Dunne, after his brother, John Gregory Dunne, passed away. I just read it a week or so ago. Painful.

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