writing
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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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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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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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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.…
Diane Sherlock 
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