About me

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I’m a fiction writer living in Columbus, Georgia. My work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in Clapboard House, Six Sentences, Contrary, Storyglossia, Blogcritics, …On My Mind: A Georgia Writers Anthology, O Georgia: A Collection of Georgia’s Newest and Most Promising Writers, The Journal of Communication and The French Review.

My first novel, The Painting Story, was a finalist in the Emory University Novel Contest. I’m currently working on a new novel, Between Here & Gone.  For more information on these novels, take a look at my web site www.cynthianewberrymartin.com.

I’m in a writing group led by Pam Houston.  I have worked individually with Dani Shapiro,  Adam Braver, and Howard Norman.

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Here is where I write.

In the spring of 2009 and 2008, I attended the Sirenland Writers Workshop.  I’ve also attended the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop, where I studied in 2005 with Charlie D’Ambrosio and in 2004 with Dorothy Allison. In the summers of 2001, 2002 and 2003, I attended the Fiction 3 master class at the New York State Summer Writers Institute, where I studied with Howard Norman, Andrea Barrett, Mary Gordon and Marilynne Robinson. In the summer of 1999, I attended the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, where I studied with Elizabeth McCracken.

To contact me:  http://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/contact.php.

12 Comments

  • Tricia
    May 30, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    When a writer friend compared me to Dorothy Allison, I immediately snapped up a book at the library. I just finished Cavedweller. I love when I’m compared to authors out of my league. I guess my only response to him would be “I wish.”

    I saw you studied with her. What is she like? And how did you like the Tin House summer workshop?

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    • cynthia
      May 31, 2009 at 10:09 am

      What a great compliment to you! In case you’re interested in more specifics about what that means, Dorothy described her own voice as: “lyrical language, character driven, weak on plot, first person, people in trouble, guilt, sex, and traditional storyteller.”

      She is an amazing teacher with a “take no prisoners” approach. We went over class time. We had “homework” everyday. We left nothing on the table.

      About Cavedweller, she said, I screwed up. (not exactly what she said) “I wrote 2 different novels and I’m sorry.”

      (As you can see, I love taking notes)

      I very much enjoyed both my summers at Tin House–good writers, interesting panel discussions, small classes, a one-week format, and wonderful readings with a glass of wine under the stars.

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    • Christian
      July 3, 2009 at 7:35 am

      Tricia,

      You don’t have to wish. It’s true. And now I’m reading another author who reminds me a lot of your work:

      Tallgrass – Sandra Dallas

      Check it out.

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  • Tricia
    June 1, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    If there is something like the Tin-House here in Fresno, or its neighboring areas, I certainly don’t know about it. That sounds like a great place to spend a week with famous mentors.

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  • survivorscribe
    June 2, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    Hi Cynthia,

    I love your blog!!! Your blog is what my blog wants to be when it grows up:)

    Pam Houston? No way. I love her work.

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  • Snailwriter. « Owl and Sparrow
    July 27, 2009 at 11:32 am

    [...] some rain today, and a little Remy curled up behind me, and you can picture where I am.  Check out Cynthia’s blog for a little series on where writers do their [...]

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  • ShirleyHS
    September 5, 2009 at 11:00 am

    I love your blog! Thanks for your RT on the Lorrie Moore story on NPR. I will put your blog in my blog roll. Invite you to come visit me at http://www.100memoirs.com also. A net for catching days is a beautiful metaphor for my aspiration to live and write in the present moment.

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