by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 23, 2015 | 1 true thing |
In The New York Times yesterday, the title of an essay caught my eye: “Writing My Way to a New Self.” In the essay, Hana Schank wrote about her two different selves–the one she was on paper and the one she was in person–Writing Me and Actual...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 22, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I don’t like. ~ 365 true things about me why this daily practice
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 21, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I don’t like conflict. I never have. I probably never will. Except…I remember my father saying I should be an attorney because I liked to argue. But I don’t remember liking to argue. Perhaps what he was referring to were my adolescent years–the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 20, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I’ve been a little scattered this week. Still recovering and no energy, plus traveling home last night. So I just sat down at my desk to pause for a moment. To situate myself, I reread yesterday’s post. And my first thought was that what I wrote yesterday...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I’ve mentioned that I prefer to write in front of a window, even better if that window faces the sea. Joyce Carol Oates wrote, There is surely some subtle connection between the vistas we face and the writing we accomplish, as a dream takes its mood and imagery...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 18, 2015 | 1 true thing, provincetown |
I prefer cozy to huge. I don’t need a lot of space. I prefer a free-standing cottage to a hotel room. I love the cottages at the top of this blog, but they’re closed at this time of the year, not to mention four miles away in Truro. Here’s a photo of...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 17, 2015 | 1 true thing |
When I set my mind to something, I go after it–whatever it is–and I seldom take no for an answer. My mother was ecstatic when I got my driver’s license. If we can’t do it this week, —how about next week? How can you possibly know when...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 16, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I cannot do math. The only way I passed 8th grade Algebra was by going to extra help every day. I did take Calculus as a senior, but these days when I add 2 and 2, I’m likely to get 5. It’s like I have no common sense in the area of numbers. ~ 365 true...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 15, 2015 | 1 true thing |
From the archives Until I See What I Say September 16, 2008 One of the reasons I write is to find out what I’m thinking, what I mean to say, and then to be able to hold onto it. When I talk, I often repeat myself with such slight variations that it must be...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 14, 2015 | 1 true thing, my writing |
In January of 2013, I started a new novel, working on it for eighteen months like a woman possessed. In September of last year, when I said it was ready, my agent sent it to just a few editors. While it was out, I took a four-month break. The novel didn’t sell...
