by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 29, 2014 | catching moments |
I knew Shakespeare was born in April, but on his birthday, I was focused on revising my novel… I’m really good at focusing–that’s how I made it through law school despite having a baby my first year. I’m really good at shutting everything...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 28, 2013 | accumulation, catching moments, continuous life, journeys, life, obsession, place, provincetown |
My end-of-the-year tally for 2013 is not how many books I read but how many days I spent in Provincetown. Every month, I was there. Usually for a week–one month for more, two months for less. Writing, reading, walking, cycling, eating, drinking,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 14, 2013 | catching moments |
One more thing about Henry VI, Part Three… Act 2, scene 5 is a miniature masterpiece–its first 124 lines anyway. It begins with King Henry going to sit by himself on a hill, after his wife has sent him away from the battle. There he thinks over his unhappy...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 14, 2013 | catching moments, craft of writing, journeys, Pam Houston, place, reading |
More than 50 authors were loose on the streets of Brattleboro, Vermont, for the fun and successful Brattleboro Literary Festival! The Literary Death Match was hilarious–Adrian Todd Zuniga as host. Roxana Robinson read against Rigoberto Gonzales , while Pam...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 26, 2013 | catching moments, journeys, reading |
Thank you to each and every one of you who reads these pages. Thank you to each and every one of you who looks at the photos I’ve taken. Thank you to each and every one of you who takes the time to join in the conversation by leaving even one word in the comment...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 10, 2013 | about the current writer, catching moments, first novels, How We Spend Our Days |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, 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...