Goodbyes and Hellos
Some sad news. A little over a week ago we had to say goodbye to Dickens. He was much improved …
Category Archives: Writing
A Quickie
I have to write a review for Library Journal tonight for Mary Gaitskill’s essay collection Somebody with a Little Hammer. …
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
You know how when you go to author events and there is inevitably someone who asks that question: Where do …
The Art of Slow Writing
My slow read of The Art of Slow Writing by Louise DeSalvo is complete. It is a good book, though …
Do We Need a Patronage System for Writers?
I came across an interesting article by Maggie Doherty in Dissent Magazine the other day via Arts and Letters Daily …
When a Book You Need Finds You
Isn’t it a really wonderful thing when a book you didn’t know you needed to read unexpectedly comes into your …
Happiness is a New Thesaurus
When I got home from work Friday the box with my new Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus was on my porch. …
On Writing and Not Writing
I had the best laid plans to write an essay on some of the things Azar Nafisi writes about in …
Between You and Me
I believe it was Joan who prompted me to get myself in the library hold queue for Between You and …
Writing and Naming
I am woefully behind in progressing through the James Patterson Master Class on writing. It is not because it is …
