Tenacity Tales

My Big, Stupid Heart

Aug 15, 2025 • Catherine Elcik

The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants

Tenacity Tale: T. M. Blanchet on the tenacity of her imagination

Jun 26, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

More Peace Than Party

Tenacity Tale: On the Calm I Felt When I Finished My Novel

May 9, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

A Sea Change for the Written Word

Tenacity Tale: “Two Wizards” Found Galiot Press to Tackle Unnecessary Tenacities

May 4, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

Tenacity Tale: Jenna Blum on the Twentieth Anniversary of her Debut Novel, Befriending Her Doubt, and Setting A Mighty Blaze

Apr 24, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

The Twisty Path

Tenacity Tale: Mark Cecil on the

Mar 20, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

The Energy Envelope

Tenacity Tale: Liz Prato on Living and Writing With Chronic Illness

Feb 28, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

Tenacity Tales: A Love Letter to Debut Novelist Sarah Tomlinson

Jan 31, 2024 • Catherine Elcik

A Christmas Story as A Writer's Story

Tenacity Tale: On Wanting a Red Ryder BB Gun with a Compass in the Stock and this Thing That Tells Time.

Dec 16, 2023 • Catherine Elcik

Sound Your Barbaric Yawp

Tenacity Tale: On getting by with a little help from your friends

Nov 30, 2023 • Catherine Elcik

Tenacity Tales: Marjan Kamali on working through the silences of creativity

Oct 25, 2023 • Catherine Elcik

The Literary Constancy of Virginia Pye

Tenacity Tales: Virginia Pye on Persistence and Pivoting

Sep 27, 2023 • Catherine Elcik

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