by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 29, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Last night I dreamed I was giving a reading from my published novel. I talked a bit about what I was going to read and then started in. At one point, I lost my place but found it and kept going. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 28, 2015 | 1 true thing, Writing by Writers |
Over the weekend, in our workshop, Steve Almond said, “Being nice doesn’t get you any closer to the truth.” Cal might disagree, but I think I’m generally nice. Ergo… Until Steve’s declaration, I hadn’t thought about how nice...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 27, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Here’s a weird thing. I had to get up at 3:40 PST Monday am. I was in the taxi by 4:00. And on the way to the airport I wrote a poem. I don’t write poems. Have only written four of my own free will until this one. I don’t mean only four good ones. I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 26, 2015 | 1 true thing, obsession |
Just look what I came home to! I am obsessed with the changing colors of fall leaves. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 26, 2015 | about the current writer, novels |
I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read physics, we inquire of each least particle, What then shall I do this morning? How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 25, 2015 | 1 true thing |
today I wrote a bad sex scene on purpose drove across the Golden Gate Bridge flew to LA took Uber for the first time (I know, where have I been) ate at Sugarfish with son #2 and his girlfriend saw Bridge of Spies with Martin Short (okay, not with with, but he was...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 24, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m a writer. I want to be one of those people who does not get nervous–whose heart does not jump out of her chest, whose voice does not shake–reading in front of people. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 23, 2015 | 1 true thing, Pam Houston |
When I first started doing this, I didn’t know what it looked like. Then I saw a photo of myself (on Facebook), and I thought how stupid I looked. So for a while I stopped doing it. But I did it again today. It’s easy and it works. So I’m going with...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 22, 2015 | 1 true thing |
At dinner tonight I talked about this project, about how I was trying to get myself back. I talked. A lot. And a friend pointed out that I was not just getting myself back. I was expanding. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 21, 2015 | 1 true thing, Pam Houston, Writing by Writers |
Back in California at Tomales Bay for a Writing by Writers workshop–along with three friends I’ve made at this blog–Elizabeth G. Marro, Anne C., and DL Craig–such fun to see each other! We have another outstanding cast of workshop...
