Monday Motivation: In the beginning…
Annie Dillard in her book on what it takes to be a writer, The Writing Life, recounts the story of a fellow writer who was asked, “Do you think I […]
Writing Secrets: Life is a distraction
Last month we ushered a group of writers into a Venetian palazzo for week-long writing retreat. What could be more wonderful: a week spent fostering creativity in an environment filled […]
Monday Motivation: Dialogue and the human condition
What do I love about Elmore Leonard’s dialogue? It’s terse, it’s droll, it’s economical. It punches above its weight. Take this sentence speech from Bandit: Jack said, “I’ve been to […]
Monday Motivation: Is it a bird, is it a plane – no, it’s NaNoWriMo!
Tomorrow, on November 1, tens of thousands of people around the world will settle themselves down at desks or in commuter trains, in the cramped quarters of tourist class in […]
