by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 28, 2011 | craft of writing, novels |
In a stack of books I wanted to write about, I found Elizabeth Strout’s Amy & Isabelle that I reread in November of 2010–almost a year ago. (I really should clean out my study more often–yes, I’m still going–down to one laundry...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 30, 2010 | accumulation, journeys, mfa, time |
I dropped the last packet of the six-month semester into the FedEx box yesterday afternoon. After I fill out some end-of-the-semester forms, I will have completed the first year of my two-year program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. To celebrate I went to run in...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 6, 2008 | craft of writing |
“Her father turned around. ‘Pancakes?’ he asked her. Winnie didn’t want pancakes. ‘Sure,’ she said.” You will find these simple sentences, which take you to the heart of Winnie, at the end of the story “Ship in a...
