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 […]
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 […]
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 […]