by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 25, 2022 | about the current writer, details, essays, truth |
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 | Jun 14, 2019 | details |
If you prefer to receive an email each time I post and you use Chrome, that’s still possible. Just follow the steps below to install the Chrome reader and then when you get to the notifications page, chose to receive an email. If you prefer to follow the posts...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 17, 2014 | craft of writing, details, first novels, marriage, reading, reviews, truth |
If you’re looking for a good book–a sure thing, a book you can sink down into and a world you can get lost in–you’re in luck. Robin Black’s debut novel, Life Drawing, was published on Tuesday. The story of a marriage between a painter and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 17, 2014 | about the current writer, craft of writing, details, How We Spend Our Days, novels, stories, truth |
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 | Feb 9, 2014 | craft of writing, details, my writing, Pam Houston |
All my physical therapist, who is from the Netherlands, has to do is lay his hands on my neck or back and I’m all better. He’s a wonderful painter, as well as a reader, and so we spend the rest of my thirty minutes talking about his paintings and my...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 18, 2013 | craft of writing, details, reading |
For a long, long time, I’ve wanted to read all of Shakespeare’s plays–all 38. In June I was re-reading one of my favorite books, The Writing Life, by Ellen Gilchrist. And in it, there’s a chapter about “The Shakespeare Group.” Ellen...
