by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 10, 2015 | 1 true thing |
On the tiny Cape Air flight this morning, the woman next to me pulled out a pocket-sized orange notebook and jotted down a few things. She put it up and then pulled it out again and wrote some more. I had been going back and forth, but finally I turned to her and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 9, 2015 | 1 true thing, craft of writing, my writing, provincetown |
I wanted to tell you about my novel that went out the first week in June to a very small number of editors. Good, positive, specific things were said but no takers. Honestly this time I’ve been unsure what to do next. I’ve thought about starting a new...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 8, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
My first instinct is to believe what a person says. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 7, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
The last few months I’ve been noticing the flowers that won’t stay in their gardens, that insist on escaping through the slats and over the tops of fences. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 6, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I don’t feel like I have to answer the phone just because it’s ringing. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 5, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Simone de Beauvoir said, “I’m always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day.” I know what she means. The alarm, shutting it off, opening my eyes, feet on floor, body up, teeth, face, eye drops, vitamins, breakfast,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 4, 2015 | 1 true thing |
So I’m down to the last hundred posts in this year of catching me–this year of looking at the photos, digging up memories, finding the words to fill in the spaces. I’m taking up more room these days. And I’m more comfortable. I’m...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 3, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When the rain stopped, I decided to do some running intervals–something I haven’t felt like doing in ages. I put in my earphones and set off into the wind, and when my phone beeped that it was time to turn around, I kept going. ~ 365 true things...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 2, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m not as smart as I thought I was, and I would think I could make headway* on this one, but I still seem to be losing ground. *This expression, first recorded in 1887, uses headway in the nautical sense of “a vessel’s forward movement.” ~...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 1, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Slate Magazine has a series I recommend called the Slate Book Review author-editor conversation. I particularly enjoyed the conversations between Meg Wolitzer and Sarah McGrath and between Claire Messud and Robin Desser. The most recent installment features Joshua...
