by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 16, 2015 | 1 true thing |
~ 365 true things about me
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 15, 2015 | 1 true thing |
I’ve never kept a journal. BECAUSE I NEVER WANTED ANYONE TO FIND IT! Anyone. So basically this whole project scares me to death. You’d think I’d be worried about the dailiness of it, the commitment (and I can see how that could shape up to be a real...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 14, 2015 | 1 true thing |
Immediately after I published the post yesterday, I wondered what the rules were. Rules? Yes, rules. Like, alternating between a serious true thing and a non-serious true thing, or underlining the true thing in the post, or not writing posts ahead of time. No rules....
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 13, 2015 | 1 true thing, accumulation, journeys, life, provincetown, truth |
The last couple of years, I’ve been spending more time writing fiction and less time doing everything else–including showing up here and including taking time for myself. And I don’t mean manicures and massages. I’m a very private person. So...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 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 Josh Weil. I wake while it’s still dark, the way I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 27, 2014 | about the current writer, first novels, place, Writing by Writers |
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 | Dec 1, 2014 | 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 BK Loren. I’m not one of those writers who is...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 25, 2014 | about the current writer, craft of writing, essays, first novels, 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 | Nov 15, 2014 | craft of writing, Pam Houston, reading, Writing by Writers |
Just a few weeks ago I was driving out of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge while debating with Andre Dubus III and Kwame Dawes the pros and cons of this age of connectivity in which we live. What a great way to kick off this year’s Writing by Writers...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 1, 2014 | 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 Andrea Portes. It’s funny, lying in bed listening to...
