Hollye Dexter
Mom. Author. Singer. Rabble-Rouser.
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Things Just Got Real…

by Hollye Dexter | Jan 14, 2015 | Amy Ferris, being published, Fire Season, memoir, telling the truth, writing

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG.ADVANCE READER COPIES JUST ARRIVED. Troy asked me, “How do you feel?” Hmmm…How do I feel? Excited. Nervous. Relieved. And maybe just a little bit like puking.Years of soul searching, hard work, ass-in-chair 24/7 writing...

The Chimpanzee Ate My Manuscript

by Hollye Dexter | May 15, 2012 | fear of success, finding your authentic voice, memoir, publishing, writer's block, writing, writing life, writing memoir

My new author photo?I’m having one of those crappy writing days. You know the ones…when you’re typing away, then you go back to read it and it seems like a chimpanzee had commandeered your keyboard…or maybe your cat walked across it? What is this senseless drivel...

Fraud Protection

by Hollye Dexter | Feb 4, 2012 | essay writing, Johnny Mathis, life story, memoir, self acceptance, telling the truth, UCLA, writing

Last week, as I was the visiting writer for a UCLA online writing class, one student told me how difficult it was for her to let others read her work, and asked me how to get over the fear of judgment. This is what I love about doing this class- writers ask such...

The Crucifixion of James Frey

by Hollye Dexter | May 18, 2011 | A Million Little Pieces, James Frey, memoir, Oprah Winfrey, telling the truth, writing, writing memoir

Painting by Ed Ruscha, for James FreyAnyone who reads my blog knows that my life is all about telling the truth, that is – my personal truth. But who are we to define what another’s truth is? And what is truth in art?I read James Frey’s A Million Little...

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About Hollye

Hollye Dexter is author of the memoir Fire Season (She Writes Press, 2015) and co-editor of Dancing at the Shame Prom (Seal Press). Called “moving” and “inspiring on so many levels” by FIRST FOR WOMEN Magazine, Fire Season was also an NIEA finalist for BEST MEMOIR. Hollye’s essays and articles about women’s issues, activism and parenting have been published in anthologies as well as in Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change, Huffington Post, The Feminist Wire, Writer’s Digest and more. In 2003, she founded the award-winning nonprofit Art and Soul, running arts workshops for teenagers in the foster care system.

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