Diane Sherlock
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At The Norman Mailer Writers Colony, we did an exercise based on historical artifacts from the Provincetown Museum. Since the Mailer website isn’t posting them, here’s mine. I used a painting by Charles Hawthorne, The Crew of the Philomena Manta. Usually it hangs in the P-town Town Hall, but Town Hall is being renovated and…
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My friend and mentor, Rob Roberge has a new piece up at THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN on the ups and downs of publishing, including his experience with having his book cancelled. And yet there’s reason for hope. Go read it, especially for the reality check on how long it takes to get a book out. Also, please…
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My writer friends on Facebook are playing this game of naming 15 books that will stick with you so here are mine: In no particular order…(let’s here it for the Russians!) 1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn 2. The Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn 3. The First Circle by…
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In April I received an email: “…you have been awarded a scholarship to the Historical Narrative workshop led by faculty member Charles Strozier which begins on Sunday, June 27 and ends on Saturday, July 3.” Out of the workshops offered, this was the best choice for a ridiculously full schedule this summer and it was a great experience.…
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Most from my cohort at Antioch are getting their work out into the world. Here’s a sampling: You can find Andrew Panebianco in a few places, including over at Splinter Generation where he’s the non-fiction editor and a regualr blogger. He has an essay up: Business As Usual at The Nervous Breakdown. Aaron Gansky’s been…
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That’s the name of the Yangtze in Chinese – The Long River. China is fascinating, moreso because I’m reading Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China as well as China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power Beijing has a lot of pollution and it was good to leave that part behind.…
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My artist and writer friends inspire me because they’ve developed the habit of art. That has me thinking about the question a non-fiction writer posed recently: how do you write (or start) a novel? It’s easy to throw out silly phrases: one page a time or the Nike approach (just do it), but that’s annoying.…
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Attended the LA Times Festival of Books over the weekend. As usual, it was a mixed bag. There are panels and individuals that are insufferably pretentious. Fortunately, I avoided most. The panels I went to on Saturday and Sunday had both intelligence and humor. This time, I had friends on panels which added a lot…
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Well, done for now. The problem with novels is that you can tinker with them endlessly and it’s not always clear at first when it becomes counterproductive. HOWEVER, for now, I am done with Wrestling Alligators. I gave it to four trusted readers. They only had light notes, so I’m getting better at revisions. Then…
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