Mystery or Thriller?

by Ali McCart Shaw, executive editor It’s thrilling and there’s no mystery about it—Indigo is growing! We welcome Jennifer Zaczek to the Indigo team. She hails from Florida but has come to call Portland home. After seven years in the traditional publishing...

Family History as Story

by Camille Cole Every family has a story, lots of stories, in fact—some legends, some simple tales of the lives of ordinary people. Narrative history is a genre that allows us to write creatively about experiences and historical events by focusing on people who share...

Trouble with the Narrative: Ask Indigo

Dear Indigo, Whenever I sit down to write a personal story, I have grandiose ideas that I can’t wait to tell. But what comes out is an essay full of broad opinions, not a story. How do I get my writing process to shift from exposition to narrative? Signed, Trouble...