Winnie the Pooh Got Me Into Fiction
Ask what got me into fiction in the first place and I’ll tell you in four words. The World of Pooh by A.A. Milne. No other book comes close. My mother read that volume to me a hundred times when…
Category: The Writing Life
15 Ways to Revive the Writer Within
For those of us without many writing credits to our name and audacious enough to attempt longer-length fiction, the mantel of “writer” is heavy and may be hard to own completely once we stick our toes into the competitive world…
A Little Perspective
This is what I did this weekend: walked the dogs into Harvard Square, cleaned up my kitchen, shopped on Newbury St., read the Sunday New York Times, watched the first three episodes of Orange is the New Black, and booked…
TOP TEN REASONS WHY COFFEE CLUSTERS ARE A WRITER’S BEST FRIEND
If you are one of those lucky writers who work best at home, God Bless, you can stop reading right here. But if you’re like me and have finally accepted the fact that you write poorly at home, read on….
My Muse, My Bully
The third year Novel Incubator partners are just two weeks away from beginning their third trimester. I can’t speak for the rest of my class, but it feels like getting out of bed and then having to place your feet…
Revision Scream Queen
Every now and then, I reach out to writing friends and classmates I haven’t talked to in a while. Part of the reason is to ensure they’re not dead on the toilet*. None of them are dead, they’re just busy…