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Read ROOM by Emma Donoghue a few days ago. The characters and story lingered after I finished the book, but now I find it’s fading fast. I believe the reason is that the way the book is constructed – from the viewpoint of a five year old boy – there’s no space for the narrative…
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…as opposed to the writing you don’t. You will be commended on the writing you do, not the writing you intend to do. I knew a woman who claimed to be a writer because it was all inside her head. She never put it down on paper. Sorry, not a writer. A writer writes. Do…
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I have a piece up at The Citron Review. Their Fall issue is primarily devoted to second person point of view.
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After considering that narcissism has no place in creating fiction, the question is, what does? That brings me to beauty. A friend has spent most of the summer in the hospital – details aren’t important – they need their privacy. However, among the visitors while I was there last week were a couple of lovely…
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New look! Got tired of the old one and I know it’s harder to read white words on a black background. I like to change things up now and then. My annotation of Paul Harding’s TINKERS is up at Annotation Nation. I’ve been thinking a lot about narcissism and writers, especially since the Mailer Colony.…
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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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