by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 1, 2010 | 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 Diane Lefer: Mountains or...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 31, 2010 | obsession, reading |
“There was one last book to write and the summer to be lived through. She worked on the book in a desultory manner, writing odd disjointed pieces at strange times of the day, dating them like journal entries, although they had nothing to do with the days on...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 28, 2010 | reading |
Ellen Gilchrist’s first book was not published until she was in her forties. In “A Reading Group Guide” at the back of Nora Jane: A Life in Stories, she is asked about this: “I didn’t begin to write seriously and professionally until I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 26, 2010 | reading |
When I last left you, I was on the floor with all my Ellen Gilchrist books surrounding me. I put the last one back on the shelf this morning. Well, that’s not exactly true. I kept two by my computer so I could write this post. I kind of knew what I wanted to...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 23, 2010 | novels, Pam Houston, stories |
I’m trying not to search for structure. I’m trying just to write. I wrote a few pages this morning. With the other things I’ve written, I’ve seen the structure from the very beginning. As I type these words, I realize: I’ve also seen the...
