by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 18, 2012 | craft of writing, novels |
Anne Enright The Forgotten Waltz Norton hardback 2011 On chronology: Still, I can’t be too bothered here, with chronology. The idea that if you tell it, one thing after another, then everything will make sense. (55) On how to write it so you see it: Aileen set...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 17, 2012 | craft of writing, journeys, novels |
If you were to ask me to recommend a novel written in the first person, I would say Anne Enright’s The Gathering. I’ve read it twice and I’m thinking about reading it again. But I just finished her most recent novel, The Forgotten Waltz, and although...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 8, 2012 | accumulation, catching moments |
I have a basket where I pile things that need to be done–bills, invitations, bank statements, receipts, hotel and airline confirmations, soccer schedules. Generally, the plan is that I go through it once a week. Well, there was Christmas, then Vermont, then a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 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 Alan Heathcock: My day starts off by wrangling my...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 31, 2012 | craft of writing, essays, Pam Houston, truth |
New essay by Pam Houston–now up at Hunger Mountain. Here’s the first paragraph: When I was four years old my father lost his job. We were living in Trenton, New Jersey at the time, where he had lived most of his life. With no college education, he had...
