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Rachel Resnick

writer-on-fire, 'one of our very best nightmare artists' (jim krusoe), 'imagine irvine welsh with a

About Me

I'm a writer. Wrote GO WEST YOUNG F*CKED-UP CHICK (St. Martin's Press.) Completed a mod-noir novel titled SWAY. Big news is I just sold a book proposal to Bloomsbury to write an addiction memoir currently called LOVE JUNKIE. You do the math. I also write articles, interviews, essays, plays...sometimes limericks. I live in Topanga Canyon, up the road from where Charlie Manson used to park his bus. My website's www.rachelresnick.com. My business Writers On Fire offers luxe writing workshop retreats both here and abroad. See www.writersonfire.com for more info.

My Interests

Muay thai, topiary, psittacines, abnormal psych, the art of conversation, cafe society, the perfect cappuccino, vulnerability, brute strength, slackers, demons and dreamers

I'd like to meet:

People interested in the written and spoken word. In the righteousness of raw. Amen.I'll switch around the friends I post. Some really are friends. They tend to be incredibly creative people, fulla soul. Others are people I admire, whose work and personality inspires. Or they're people I've come across who have a certain spark, a tangible spirit. Or they're sites that support the written and spoken word. Check out their sites, too.

Music:

Me'shell N'Degeocello, Antony and the Johnsons, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Gnarls Barkley, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Peter Bradley Adams, PJ Harvey, The Reverend Al Green, Staple Singers, Nirvana, Merle Haggard, Pantera, Etta James, Lucinda Williams, Tricky, D'Angelo, Marianne Faithful, The Roots, Outkast, Muddy

Movies:

City of God, Baise Moi, The Piano Teacher, La Strada, Never On Sunday, Salo, Amores Perros, Xiu Xiu The Sent-Down Girl, Crash (Cronenberg's flick based on J.G. Ballard book, not current polemic masquerading as film)

Television:

The Singing Detective (BBC), Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, The Larry Sanders Show

Books:

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Journey to the End of Night by Celine, Night by Edna O'Brien, The Emigrants by W.G. Sebald, Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, Coming Through Slaughter and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje, Ingeborg Bachmann, Thomas Bernhard, Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, Plainwater by Anne Carson, The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek, Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone, Wiseblood by Flannery O'Connor, Alchemy by Marie-Louise Franz, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill, Thoughts Without A Thinker by Mark Epstein, Typee by Herman Melville, Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison...

My Blog

invitation to one-day writing workshop, sunday, july 27th

Dear writers: I am inviting you to join me on Sunday, July 27th, from 10A.M. to 5P.M. for a special one-day writing workshop: Jumpstart Your Novel or Memoir: A One-Day Summer Intensive. The cost is ...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:31:00 PST

Newsflash: LOVE JUNKIE: THE MEMOIR coming out this fall!

So I'm in the homestretch here with LOVE JUNKIE: THE MEMOIR. Now all that's left before it goes to the printers to make galleys is -- a lot! I have to finish the copy edit and also do some intense le...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:44:00 PST

last invitation: winter writing workshop starting next week...

Dear writers:I'm sending a final reminder about the winter writing workshop starting up one week from today. Currently, we have one spot left. If you want to jumpstart your writing and get on a creati...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:47:00 PST

invitation: winter westside writing workshop, and private writing coaching

Dear everyone:I'm writing to invite you to a winter westside writing workshop. We will meet every Thursday evening for 8 sessions, from 7-10pm starting February 21st. The location is TBA, but it will ...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:23:00 PST

URGENT REQUEST FOR QUICK FAVOR: sharing good LOVE JUNKIE book news and a shout-out for help

Dear writers, MySpace friends and colleagues: I'm writing to share some really good news. After almost ten years, I have another book coming out. Bloomsbury U.S./UK is publishing my memoir Love Junk...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:17:00 PST

invitation: last call for hawaii -- and coaching now available!

Dear writers, friends, colleagues: Are you ready for a creative breakthrough? I'm writing to invite you to the Writers On Fire in Hawaii retreat happening this coming week! In the wake of the real ...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:33:00 PST

Black Clock reading Sunday 23rd at MOCA...

.Dear friends, family, writers, colleagues: I'm writing to invite you to a reading this Sunday, 3pm, at MOCA for the new Black Clock issue. Theme is sex. In all its pretty permutations. Tons of other ...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:26:00 PST

Virtual Book Release Party: Shout-out To Three Fabulous Authors

Hey everybody, Well, I was up 'til 5am this morning writing my sloppy, stupid heart out on this memoir-in-progress, Love Junkie. Writing's hard! Memoir's harder! Help! I'm so lucky I do have...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:27:00 PST

Revenge of the Bohemes starts tonite! First public reading of memoir-in-progress LOVE JUNKIE

Dear friends, family, writers, colleagues, bon vivants: I wanted to give you a shout-out about a wild happening tonight, Thursday, May 10th, 7pm onward in downtown L.A. In case you're free, and game. ...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Thu, 10 May 2007 02:23:00 PST

Invitation: Come visit us at the Writers On Fire booth at LAT Festival of Books!!!

Prepare to ignite...with Writers On Fire! Isn't this logo amazing? It was designed by the brilliant ones over at VidLits (see www.vidlits.com.) They do awesome work over there, including these inspi...
Posted by Rachel Resnick on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:08:00 PST