by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 29, 2010 | catching moments, journeys, stories, the day |
Today is the birthday of an author of a book–Robin Black. Her last birthday she was not the author of a book. Just like that it can happen. And get your pencils out. You need to write this one down too: If I loved you, I would tell you this. Each of the 10...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Apr 8, 2010 | catching moments, the day |
Here’s where I am right now, sitting in the chair behind my green computer, on Blue Mountain Beach, in Florida, for spring break. I have a list of things I want to post about. It’s on that table somewhere, on a large green post-it note. It ends with number...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Feb 22, 2010 | reading, the day |
I haven’t had a morning in a while where I’ve allowed myself to drift from one thing to the next without accountability. When I was practicing law, I used to have to account for every six minutes. This morning I was trying to locate a Virginia Woolf quote...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 16, 2010 | accumulation, craft of writing, details, journeys, mfa, place, reading, the day |
Thank you to everyone who’s asked what it was like going to my first residency at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. I think it’s taken so long for me to write this post because, in addition to catching up with life and not getting behind on my work, I was...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jan 13, 2010 | Columbus GA, place, the day, time |
At 10:15, this day appears to be another one of those where I feel like my right arm is going in one direction and my left in completely the opposite, the same with my legs, and my head just might explode. I want to do so many things ALL AT ONE TIME. Each thing I do...