by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 30, 2010 | accumulation, reading |
Although I cannot read a book without a pencil or a pen in my hand, I cringe at the thought of folding down a page. So when I read, in addition to something to write with, I must have something to mark my spot with. I prefer an actual bookmark, but also use postcards,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 26, 2010 | accumulation, life, mfa, the day |
Yesterday started off rainy and ended with beautiful fall blue skies. And yesterday I started the day with two packets to turn in for this semester and ended the day with only one remaining. Today it’s very coppery and auburn outside. No rain but no blue...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 19, 2010 | accumulation, catching moments, journeys, life, the day, time |
It’s been another year and I missed it–completely never even thought about it until Friday night when I was visiting another blog, reading a post about how that week was that blog’s two-year anniversary–still not thinking about it–and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 16, 2010 | accumulation, craft of writing, life, mfa, the day |
So Thursday morning was luxuriously wide open and the plan was to write a blog post and read about 50 pages of the novel I’m working on. I read the first paragraph of the novel about ten times and then put the papers down. Okay, blog post. Nothing. I answered a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 19, 2010 | accumulation, reading |
My husband said, “But why do you need the iPad?” “I don’t,” I said. But I love it. It’s so cool. It will replace the Kindle for me, I think. For one reason, the background is lit. So I don’t need a light. The pages turn with a...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 25, 2010 | accumulation, reading |
One of my friends refers to me as “the scribe” because I like to write stuff down. And one of the things I write down is how many books I read a year. As my tower of unread books grows taller and spawns little towers, it’s a way to prove to myself...
