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Eavesdropping and Solitude
Dear Nancy, Just now I’m sitting at an iron table outside a coffee place in Jamaica Plain. I had looked forward to a cigarette with my coffee, but there’s a big NO SMOKING sign and I obey. I’m wide awake. … Continue reading
Reading and Intellectual Wandering
Dear Karen, I am reading again. I know it is terrible to think of a writer who does not read, but I have been one for some time now. Well, I read, but not regularly. Not closing one book and … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, editors, emotion, fiction, fun with what we do, Reading, silence, Story, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged character, creative life, intellectual wandering, life of a writer, literary world, priorities, process, public, reading, Starting a new work, working, writing life
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Whose Story Matters?
Dear Karen, During my first book tour I gave a reading at a conference held in the auditorium of a university. I was terrified of public speaking, and to make it worse, I was completely intimidated by the people I … Continue reading
Thick Skin, Tender Heart
Dear Lisa, Last week I received the revision letter for a novel that will be published in 2016. The notes are far more extensive than I expected. As I scrolled through initially I panicked. It seemed too much to absorb, … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, critique, Day by day, depression, Drafts, editors, Energy, fiction, Play, Process, Publishing, research, Revision, Starting a new work, Story, The Muse, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged character, dread, giving up, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, not writing, priorities, research, Starting a new work, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, working
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The Value of Play
Dear Nancy Your pre-writing walks along the river sound glorious, and so does your description of your childhood “moodling” time in the woods. As a child, I also walked in the woods. It was a great solace to me, and … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, fantasy, fiction, fun with what we do, Gratitude, happiness, Journaling, marketing, Play, posterity, Process, Self-worth, The Writer's Life, violence, Visibilty, Writing career
Tagged art and profits, creative life, life of a writer, literary world, not writing, physical world, praise; accolades; worth; words and value, process, productivity, promotion, self-worth, success, working, writing life
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“Art, Independence and Spirit.”
Dear Lisa, When I was a child I spent a lot of time down in the woods and beside the lake we lived near, and the creek that fed into the lake. I was often alone, and I traveled with … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, emotion, Energy, fun with what we do, Magic, Play, procrastination, Self-worth, spaciousness, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged art and profits, creative life, giving up, magic, not writing, priorities, process, productivity, sacred space; writing space; the writer's des, spaciousness, support, writing life
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Procrastination, An Old Friend
Dear Nancy– Thanks for asking me to write a post for your blog–Marginalia has truly been an inspiration to me, and I am honored to be able to join the conversation! But as excited as I was, just as I … Continue reading
Spear Fishing
Dear Karen, Good lord, yes! The modern world is an anxious place. Every person I know swims in this sea, and as you say about art, art is anxiety in and of itself. I wish this were not so. Or … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, Drafts, Energy, fiction, fun with what we do, happiness, Maintenance, Play, Process, Revision, Starting over, Story, Uncategorized
Tagged creative life, giving up, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, Starting a new work, Starting over, working, writing life
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