by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 20, 2019 | acknowledgments |
Rebecca Makkai has many claims to fame. First of all, her sense of humor. Outstanding. Second, she’s had 4 short stories anthologized in The Best American Short Stories. FOUR. In 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Third, The Great Believers. If you haven’t read...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Nov 1, 2013 | How We Spend Our Days |
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer REBECCA MAKKAI. A I’m writing this from Ragdale, the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Oct 23, 2013 | about the current writer, craft of writing, first novels, stories |
In The Writing Life, Annie Dillard wrote, I have been looking into schedules. Even when we read physics, we inquire of each least particle, What then shall I do this morning? How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and...
