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... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 20, 2015 | 1 true thing |
prunes ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 19, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I think I can fix everything. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 18, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I may not have ever kept a diary or a journal, but I have kept planners. Helen Phillips said on September first: My strangest habit is the neurotically detailed daily planner that I keep (paper, not digital). I’ve been keeping these planners since I was in about third... 
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 17, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Fall used to be my favorite season. Cool weather with cold weather coming, orange and red leaves, watching football, wearing fleeces and warm socks, thoughts of fires. On my sidebar, you can see that I’ve tagged 23 posts with “fall” and 27 with...