by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 15, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’ve never kept a journal. BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO FIND IT! Anyone. So basically this whole project scares me to death. You’d think I’d be worried about the dailiness of it, the commitment (and I can see how that could shape up to be a real...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 14, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Immediately after I published the post yesterday, I wondered what the rules were. Rules? Yes, rules. Like, alternating between a serious true thing and a non-serious true thing, or underlining the true thing in the post, or not writing posts ahead of time. No rules....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 13, 2015 | 1 true thing, accumulation, journeys, life, provincetown, truth |
The last couple of years, I’ve been spending more time writing fiction and less time doing everything else–including showing up here and including taking time for myself. And I don’t mean manicures and massages. I’m a very private person. So...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 1, 2015 | How We Spend Our Days |
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer Josh Weil. I wake while it’s still dark, the way I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 27, 2014 | about the current writer, first novels, place, Writing by Writers |
I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read physics, we inquire of each least particle, What then shall I do this morning? How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...
