by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 14, 2013 | about the current writer, craft of writing, novels |
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...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 16, 2013 | craft of writing, essays, obsession |
The work of the writer is often to open to that intensity, that burn and chaos of feeling; to allow yourself to be driven by possibilities you have not yet uncovered, a revelation you do not yet know, or to let a character you have fallen for turn into someone else on...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 16, 2013 | craft of writing, novels, reading |
I’m out and about tonight–in Atlanta, Decatur more specifically–for a Q & A and reading by Sheri Joseph to celebrate the release of her new novel, Where You Can Find Me. The event was sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book and held at the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 16, 2013 | craft of writing, memoir, Pam Houston, poetry, reading, Writing by Writers |
Some of my favorite writers will be teaching workshops this coming October at Tomales Bay–Pam Houston, Ron Carlson, Antonya Nelson, Cheryl Strayed, Fenton Johnson, and Carl Phillips. Writing By Writers is hosting six workshops October 16-20, 2013 at the Marconi...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 18, 2013 | craft of writing, novels, time |
In A.M. Homes’ recent novel, May We Be Forgiven, in the middle of a psychiatrist-monitored game of puppets between two adults, Harold and his locked-up brother George, the following excerpts from page 174 are separated by white space: We’re loading our...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 15, 2013 | craft of writing, details, essays, my writing, Pam Houston |
Thrilled to have a craft essay in the new issue of Brevity, which includes fifteen brief wonderful essays by Sven Birkerts, Brian Doyle, Robin Hemley, David Jauss, Thomas Larson, and more. Plus other craft essays by Philip Graham and Mary Clearman Blew. And an...
