by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 8, 2013 | craft of writing, Pam Houston, place, Writing by Writers |
Five amazing days–October 16-20–at the Marconi Center in Tomales Bay for Writing By Writers’ first conference with Dorothy Allison, Ron Carlson, Pam Houston, Fenton Johnson (Fenton the Human), Antonya Nelson, and Carl Phillips. Morning workshops....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 1, 2013 | 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 REBECCA MAKKAI. A I’m writing this from Ragdale, the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 28, 2013 | reading |
THE SURPRISING THINGS. I enjoyed these three plays much more than I thought I would, and they were easier to read than I thought they would be. NOT SURPRISING BUT WORTH NOTING. Each one was better than the previous one. FAVORITE LINES from each play: Glory is like a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 23, 2013 | about the current writer, craft of writing, first 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 | Oct 14, 2013 | catching moments, craft of writing, journeys, Pam Houston, place, reading |
More than 50 authors were loose on the streets of Brattleboro, Vermont, for the fun and successful Brattleboro Literary Festival! The Literary Death Match was hilarious–Adrian Todd Zuniga as host. Roxana Robinson read against Rigoberto Gonzales , while Pam...
