by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 1, 2014 | 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 Roxana Robinson This morning, I woke up around 5:30....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 23, 2014 | about the current writer, craft of writing, How We Spend Our Days, novels, stories |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, 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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 13, 2014 | craft of writing, Dani Shapiro, memoir, the day |
Still Writing is Dani Shapiro’s most recent book, a book she described at AWP as a “love letter to her tribe,” a book I might have bought just for its cover, a book that’s part inspiration, part memoir, part meditation, part craft. But to me,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 1, 2014 | 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 Sue William Silverman. Around two a.m. insomnia...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 29, 2014 | catching moments |
I knew Shakespeare was born in April, but on his birthday, I was focused on revising my novel… I’m really good at focusing–that’s how I made it through law school despite having a baby my first year. I’m really good at shutting everything...