by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jun 10, 2019 | first novels, marriage, my writing, novels, Tidal Flats |
Welcome to Catching Days 2.0 and to my new website! If you’re coming from the old location, you may have already read this post, but I’d love for you to skip to the comment section and leave a word or two. That way, I’ll know you found me : ) I had...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 15, 2019 | first novels, my writing, Tidal Flats |
I’m so excited to show you the cover for Tidal Flats, to be published by Yellow Pear Press on 9/9/19! This is the story of a marriage. Mary Cassatt Miller falls for famous photojournalist Ethan Graham. But it’s complicated. For months at a time, Ethan’s work...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | May 11, 2017 | craft of writing, my writing, novels, poetry, provincetown |
Another amazing week in Provincetown–this one including a visit from a friend. Number one on my agenda was reading through my novel. Happy to report the beginning is still WORKING! But solve one problem and you can see another… This time the middle seemed...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 21, 2017 | craft of writing, my writing |
My novel is about a marriage. Eleven scenes tell the couple’s origin story–meeting, falling in love, deciding to get married… Approximately forty pages worth. It’s some of my best writing and it should be. I’ve worked on these pages for...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 11, 2017 | my writing, novels, provincetown |
I’ve just cleared off my desk leaving only my novel notes, hoping I will focus on that and not set off into one of my twenty-seven other enticing projects, each enclosed in a separate, clear plastic folder. Of course my computer is still on the desk, so here I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 1, 2017 | accumulation, continuous life, essays, journeys, life, marriage, memory, my writing, provincetown, time, truth |
It seems impossible and yet it’s true. 50 was about proving I surely wasn’t. 60 is about loving the years. So, hello, sixty, I’m happy to be here. Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been. –David...
