Habits of Highly Effective Writers
My buddy and fellow writer, member of my full-of-awesomeness writing group, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, shared this today. It's so good, it's worth posting or printing and rereading or constant reference. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Habits-of-Highly/150053/
The Covenant by James Michener
I've been reading The Covenant for a few weeks now. It's an epic novel--about 1000 pages long! When I put it on my reading list for sabbatical, I had no idea that it was that long--or I might have reconsidered it. It's fictional, but like other Michener epics, it's...
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
This is one of those books I'm embarrassed I hadn't read before. That maybe in certain circles, I'd nod as if I'd read it unless asked directly. (Did I do that? I don't think so, but I might have). When I started it, I was a bit surprised, not knowing that it was a...
What the FRACK is going on?
Happy Halloween! Crazy day: 1. It's Halloween 2. Loft-McKnight application is due today 3. Slider's Son got rejected from Holiday House, so rethinking what to do...where/how to send 4. I've been doing all sorts of research about FRACKING for my novel, currently titled...
Country of My Skull
Krog, Antjie. Country of my Skull. 1998. New York: Broadway, 2000. This book has been on my reading list since I began studying South African history. It's a difficult book to begin because it seems disjointed with random comments about the selection of the Truth and...
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
I'm a huge Irving fan. I don't even know how many of his books I've read. However, sometimes one of these heavy tomes of his leaves me thinking that an editor is probably afraid to hack up one of John Irving's manuscripts. I thought this one could do with some...
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