Layne Mosler

Fire Weather: Notes from the Field

A research diary for my novel-in-progress,
in which a Bulgarian goatherder + an American cook
form an unlikely friendship
and test the limits of their courage
in a country on the verge of collapse

An Introduction

February 9, 2023

Tags: Bulgaria, Creative writing, novel research, novel writing, writing, field notes, fieldwork

"Why do you want to write about us?" my newish Bulgarian friend asks me, smiling a bemused smile as she takes a sip of coffee.

Though it's a legitimate question, and though I'm prepared for it, I'm immediately uncomfortable, on my back foot, searching for the words to explain my motives – to her and to myself.

Why do I—a privileged, [arguably] well-educated woman from the west, a foreigner who can only just wish someone a happy birthday and order a salad in this country—want to write about Bulgaria?

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Layne Mosler

Fire Weather: Notes from the Field

A research diary for my novel-in-progress,
in which a Bulgarian goatherder + an American cook
form an unlikely friendship
and test the limits of their courage
in a country on the verge of collapse

An Introduction

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Memoir

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Fire Weather: Notes from the Field A research diary for my novel-in-progress, in which a Bulgarian goatherder + an American cook form an unlikely friendshipand test the limits of their courage in a country on the verge of collapse

An Introduction

Comments

Selected Works

Memoir

Nonfiction

Quick Links

Fire Weather: Notes from the Field

A research diary for my novel-in-progress,
in which a Bulgarian goatherder + an American cook
form an unlikely friendship
and test the limits of their courage
in a country on the verge of collapse