by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Mar 11, 2012 | catching moments, journeys, life, the day, truth |
One thing I know for sure: I do not like large groups. Socializing sucks my brain cells and replaces them with that noise that used to come on TVs after a station had gone off the air. But talking to one or two or even three people at the edge of the bar, our feet on...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 17, 2012 | craft of writing, journeys, novels |
If you were to ask me to recommend a novel written in the first person, I would say Anne Enright’s The Gathering. I’ve read it twice and I’m thinking about reading it again. But I just finished her most recent novel, The Forgotten Waltz, and although...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 16, 2012 | journeys, mfa |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 8, 2012 | journeys, mfa |
I am mid-journey. On my way home from Montpelier, Vermont and the successful completion of a two-year low-residency MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. This last residency went by so fast–it’s hard to believe it’s over. Both my lecture and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Dec 28, 2011 | journeys, mfa |
All my bags are packed I’m ready to go!
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 10, 2011 | journeys, mfa, novels |
It’s difficult to think of anything other than the stunning crimson and gold leaves outside my windows. I have been doing too many other things lately. And I have come to the place where I need to set aside time for writing. Why do you refuse to admit that in...
