Comments on: How We Spend Our Days: Pam Houston https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/ Catching Days Fri, 14 Jul 2023 18:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: truth: 152/365 | catching days https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-794 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 03:35:27 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-794 […] night Tom Barbash said in his craft talk to make the manuscript truthful first, elegant later. Pam Houston said she looks to the metaphor for truth. Tonight, Josh Weil said that he honors his first draft […]

]]> By: wxw: tomales bay 2014 | catching days https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-793 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:22:00 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-793 […] to join Pam Houston for another year were Antonya Nelson and Dorothy Allison, and also teaching classes this year were […]

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-792 Tue, 13 May 2014 19:10:04 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-792 In reply to Carol Balawyder.

Hey Carol, your comment went into my spam folder but I found it and rescued it! I’m so glad you discovered the very first How We Spend Our Days post. I love that HJ quote too. And I love Pam’s writing, especially her latest Contents May Have Shifted.

]]> By: Carol Balawyder https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-791 Sun, 11 May 2014 12:40:13 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-791 Cynthia, I’m glad I found this post. I love the Henry James quote:
“A writer ought to strive to be a person on whom nothing is lost.”
Also glad to be introduced to Pam Houston. 🙂

]]> By: writing by writers | catching days https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-790 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:32:50 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-790 […] of my favorite writers will be teaching workshops this coming October at Tomales Bay–Pam Houston, Ron Carlson, Antonya Nelson, Cheryl Strayed, Fenton Johnson, and Carl […]

]]> By: Summer Workshop in P-Town With Pam Houston | Text Heavy | Tracy Staedter https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-789 Fri, 18 May 2012 09:50:16 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-789 […] And wouldn’t you know it? Just after I heard about nabbing the last spot for the workshop, I was introduced to to Cynthia Martin’s Catching Days blog in which she interviews various writers and asks them how they spend their day. Here is how Pam Houston spends her day. […]

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-788 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:42:32 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-788 In reply to Sally Crawford.

Thanks for reading, Sally, and for your comment. I will pass it on to Pam.

]]> By: Sally Crawford https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-787 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:19:13 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-787 Long a fan, but out of touch. Greg? How long with him? Who is he?
Thanks
Sally

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-786 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:59:04 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-786 In reply to cyberchuck.

Thanks for your comment, Cyberchuck. And rest assured, no commercials.

]]> By: cynthia https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/2009/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-pam-houston/#comment-785 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:58:07 +0000 http://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.com/?p=3345#comment-785 In reply to Kimwithak.

Kim, I love the visual too and can imagine the audio of the dogs’ singing. There is something of the fairy tale about wolfhounds howling to greet the day–much more fitting than howling at the moon. Thanks for adding to the conversation!

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