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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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Nathan Bransford at Curtis Brown blogs about ‘gap’ books. His key is books most people have read, so bear that in mind. What are yours? He’s right about the recut trailers. A feel-good Shining. Good exercise to think of your story in a new way, too. And if you need a reality check, The Rejectionist…
Diane Sherlock 
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