by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 3, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When my husband woke up this morning, I said, “I think we had an earthquake. At 4:07. Lasting 7 seconds.” I’m not usually so precise, but I’m getting bolder. And he said, “I think we would have heard something by now if we had.” So...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 2, 2015 | 1 true thing |
It’s a little after ten here in California where we’re visiting our son, and we just got back to our hotel room. I have no interest at all in writing this post. Which is interesting because someone just commented on #76 so it’s fresh in my mind. And...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 1, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’m not very patient when I’m driving. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 1, 2015 | 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 RICHARD MCCANN. A To my surprise, when I consider...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 30, 2015 | 1 true thing, poetry |
It’s the last day of National Poetry Month so I wanted to give you some bits of a Mary Oliver poem I discovered on January 11th of this year, on the plane headed to Provincetown–“The Journey,” which you can find in Dream Work, a wonderful...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 29, 2015 | 1 true thing, memory |
Well they’re not ruined… but that’s what it felt like at first. Right after I wrote the post yesterday, I had all my books spread out around me–on the sofa, on the floor, on the table–and I went to put my computer down on the table,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 28, 2015 | 1 true thing, poetry |
Wherever I go, I always take at least one book of poetry. This time, I brought three, and since there are still two days remaining in National Poetry Month, I thought I would tell you which books I brought, none of which I opened, but as my mother says of unworn shoes...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 27, 2015 | 1 true thing, my writing |
My brain is fried. But I’m finished with this draft. Will sleep on it and maybe fiddle with it in the morning, maybe not. And then off it will go to my agent. I usually give myself all sorts of deadlines (as you’ve now witnessed), but for this draft, I let...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 26, 2015 | 1 true thing, craft of writing, Pam Houston |
Too much sitting, not enough moving. This morning my body hurt. I stretched, then I set the timer on my phone for an hour, and when it went off, I got down on the floor and stretched again. Then I reset the timer. At one, I went to run–thirty minutes of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 25, 2015 | 1 true thing, my writing |
So today at 4:30, I finished reading out loud. Here’s a look inside my mind: Saturday: 9 pages in 1 hour Tuesday: 9 pages in 1/2 an hour Wednesday: 16 pages in 1 1/2 hours Thursday: 52 pages in 6 hours Friday: 84 pages in 9 hours Saturday: 95 pages in 8 1/2...
