by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 21, 2009 | place, shapes |
My writing group is meeting in the Napa Valley this weekend to write. Usually we meet to read and critique each other’s work. On our breaks we take the waters or a mud bath or a culinary excursion to Mustard’s, Greystone, or Ad Hoc. I am encouraged by the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 10, 2009 | catching moments, poetry, shapes, the day |
This leaf, propped up like it is here on its stem and all by itself, was waiting for me when I opened the front door yesterday morning. Do you think it thought I wasn’t noticing? I moved it for a moment over by the pumpkin… Then I brought it inside where I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 29, 2009 | catching moments, Columbus GA, life, shapes, the day |
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 26, 2009 | craft of writing, essays, life, my writing, shapes |
I was planning on doing a post on that need to write but then had the opportunity to write a Guest Writer article on the subject for The View From Here Magazine. It is online today with the print issue coming out November 6th, I believe. Here’s the first...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 29, 2009 | shapes, stories |
In Mary Gaitskill’s story collection, Don’t Cry, is a story entitled, “Mirror Ball.” It’s one of my four favorites in the collection and is described on the book jacket as an “urban fairy tale” in which “a young man...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 8, 2009 | life, shapes, the day, time |
“There is nothing to be done but go ahead with life moment by moment and hour by hour–put out birdseed, tidy the rooms, try to create order and peace around me even if I cannot achieve it inside me.” May Sarton. As the last days of summer float by,...
