by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 14, 2019 | acknowledgments, Tidal Flats |
I love seeing the world through Paul’s eyes. How emotions are not simple but can be opposing, like these in The Burning House that add depth and complexity to the descriptions. Joan lay on the couch with an arm thrown over her face, a posture both carefree and...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 10, 2012 | craft of writing, details |
Paul Lisicky The Burning House Etruscan Press paperback 2011 . On smell: …her hair, which smelled of grapefruit and smoke. (35) Practical, pleasant smells came off her skin: vaporizer, toothpaste, Vaseline Intensive Care. (43) I loved their smells: laundry soap,...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Aug 1, 2012 | 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 Paul Lisicky: 1. As usual, I’m awake hours before I...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Jul 8, 2012 | about the current writer |
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...
