by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 8, 2012 | about the current writer |
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day. April 1, 2012: William Lychack Bill’s publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt emailed to ask if she...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 1, 2012 | 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 Ann Hood: Fresh off a ten-day book tour, I start...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 27, 2012 | catching moments, place, provincetown |
This post is made possible by two friends: Jodi Paloni took these photos of the Days’ Cottages this winter, and Darrelyn Saloom recently taught me how to insert a slideshow into a blog post. Many thanks. This slideshow requires JavaScript. shuttered windows and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 24, 2012 | accumulation, reading |
I count how many books I read in a year, but I think I forgot to do that for 2010. So I just did: 50 books. About average for me. Then I counted the number for 2011–34 books. Way down. I was afraid of this. Since starting to work for The Writing Life section...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 22, 2012 | craft of writing, details, novels |
Really? you might be thinking. More on The Forgotten Waltz? Yes, there’s more. Consider the following: …there was no doubt that we felt easier about the world, for the fact that our father was no longer in it. We loved him, of course, but we both knew that...
