by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 26, 2009 | accumulation |
Perhaps one of the reasons I’ve been so taken with Tender is the Night is that the things Fitzgerald writes about are also the things I’m interested in. In this two-part post (a finale in the sense that I’ll be moving on to another book after part 2...
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by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 23, 2009 | craft of writing |
Apparently on a little F. Scott Fitzgerald kick… The first novel he submitted to Charles Scribner’s Sons was rejected. Erika Willett writes, “Beginning a pattern of constant revising that would characterize his writing style for the rest of his...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 20, 2009 | craft of writing, reviews |
75 years ago this month, Tender is the Night was published. In a friend’s copy of the book, Fitzgerald inscribed the following: “If you liked The Great Gatsby, for God’s sake read this. Gatsby was a tour de force but this is a confession of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 18, 2009 | accumulation, journeys |
I have no trouble packing in a carry-on for a weekend trip, even a 3-day weekend. But until a few weeks ago, I’d never packed in a carry-on for a week-long trip. My husband suggested I try it. Well, I knew it could be done. I’d seen other people do it. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 13, 2009 | Columbus GA, journeys, Pam Houston, place |
It’s writing group week at Point Reyes, California–nine of us here (several in absentia) with Pam Houston. We arrived Thursday night at the Old Point Reyes Schoolhouse Compound for a dinner of fish stew. We come from all over the country–from...
