I feel more than ever that one must just do good work, follow the bread crumbs, and enjoy the journey.
Category Archives: Being a writer
The indispensable writing group
Writing groups are not only desirable; they are indispensable.
Review: EAT PRAY LOVE
Gilbert knows that just recounting her adventures is not enough; she must put her personal experience into a context which will include the reader, and there she hits a home run.
Stay-at-home writers
It makes a person want to go inside and lock the door and just write.
Your Bookstore: Watchung Booksellers
Don’t let the giant corporations win. Use your power as a consumer to support your local bookstore. It is a community hub, a reading spa, a place to express your beliefs and have your voice heard. Here is the profile of Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, New Jersey.
"Read" not "bought"
I don’t want to depend on the smartypants way; I’d rather build my audience one by one.
Write Your Story: Begin with Humility
When you put your adventures out there, other people will learn about them and tell you about their own; then you’ll wonder why you thought you were so special.
Review: Bird by Bird
Take the advice, enjoy the humor, and gird yourself for the despair. Lamott has survived her despair and by her example (perhaps in spite of herself) reminds us that you won’t be facing the existential maw, you’ll just be joining the club.
Writing a Memoir: Shackles
It is hard to write the truth.