by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 22, 2010 | journeys |
One of the great things about writing workshops is meeting other writers. At Sirenland this year, I met four other writers with blogs, which makes them easy to introduce to you. Meet Aaryn, Sariah, Jude, and Renee: Aaryn Belfer at thematically fickle Sariah...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 19, 2010 | accumulation, reading |
My husband said, “But why do you need the iPad?” “I don’t,” I said. But I love it. It’s so cool. It will replace the Kindle for me, I think. For one reason, the background is lit. So I don’t need a light. The pages turn with a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 15, 2010 | poetry |
In honor of National Poetry Month, I finished Mary Oliver’s Evidence, which I’ve been reading in bits and pieces since October. I enjoyed it, but I have to admit I’m not really a nature woman. Still, I loved the ending of “Swans”…...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 13, 2010 | reading, stories |
Last spring I was trying to find a way to thank readers who took the time to add to the conversation here. One Story, I thought. For one year, I would send the reader who posted the most comments for the month a one-year subscription to One Story, my favorite journal....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 9, 2010 | first novels, my writing, reviews |
The new issue of Contrary Magazine is online with my review of Kim Wright’s first novel, Love in Mid Air. Here’s the first paragraph of the review: As a plane heads down a runway, a stranger reaches for the Narrator’s hand. “Here comes the dangerous part,”...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 8, 2010 | catching moments, the day |
Here’s where I am right now, sitting in the chair behind my green computer, on Blue Mountain Beach, in Florida, for spring break. I have a list of things I want to post about. It’s on that table somewhere, on a large green post-it note. It ends with number...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 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 ROBIN BLACK There’s an enormous window...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 30, 2010 | journeys, truth |
Because I’m always writing about how much I LOVE traveling, full disclosure compels me to tell the story of my trip home from Sirenland. I am only just now able to speak of this–now that the story has come to an end and I did in fact make it home. As a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 28, 2010 | journeys, place, shapes |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 25, 2010 | Dani Shapiro, place |
So sorry for the radio silence but I’m at the Sirenland Writer’s Conference. I was here for 2 1/2 days before I had a second to log in to the internet, which is the longest I’ve been offline in over a year. And that was just to check email. I mean,...
