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Apr.03.2013
POETS QUARTERLY
Monday, April 1, 2013
Interview with Jane Hirshfield
And the World's Great Poets Remain Ever New—Interview with Jane Hirshfield Interview by Arthur McMaster
Jane Hirshfield is the author of seven books of poetry, including most recently Come, Thief (...
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Feb.06.2013
Goblin Secrets William Alexander middle grade
It's been a while since I've really sunk by teeth into the craft of a book, partly because I listen to so many audio books and it really is a different experience. However, I read Goblin Secrets out loud to my eleven year-old. It was our evening...
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Dec.03.2012
I did something last week that I haven’t done in far too long—started working on a new manuscript. I’d been up to my eyeballs in finishing Deadly Bones, then dealing with edits, then traveling, then getting the new computer that...
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Nov.27.2012
The January issue of Writers Digest Magazine with my article on backstory is finally here! You can order the issue online, or pick it up starting today at your favorite bookstore. If you get a chance to read my article, I'd love to know what you think!
"Weaving a Seamless Backstory
Behind...
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Oct.19.2012
My middle finger is sore. I am pretty sure I am developing arthritis and that’s the first place it hit. My middle finger. On my right hand. It’s sore every single morning when I wake up. What a timely metaphor for this post! What better way to start off the Writer’s Middle Finger Part...
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May.02.2012
“In the midst of life’s journey I found myself in a dark wood, for the right path was lost.”—Dante, the Inferno
We have all felt as Dante expresses above at one, or many points, in our lives.
Those of us who write might, in fact, be doing so as a way of finding the right path again, or carving out...
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May.02.2012
Where Things Come Back John Corey Whaley YA
Where Things Come Back is the story of a seventeen year-old and how he and his community deal with the disappearance of his fifteen year-old brother. At the same time, a supposedly extinct woodpecker is sighted near the small Arkansas town of Lily...
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Feb.24.2012
It can be tough to remain inspired to put word to page when you live at the end of the road, off-the-grid, with only six dogs and an illiterate Mexican caretaker to keep you company. Two years ago, I attended the San Francisco Writer’s Conference and was inspired beyond expectation. For the past...
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Jan.26.2012
image via awpwriter.org
The Writer's Chronicle magazine has become my "go-to" source for finding out how other writers think about the process and craft of writing. A few pithy quotes in that regard from the February 2012 issue:
"What does literature do for me? I think I solve...
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Dec.18.2011
This is an interesting list by Robery McCrum in that I do not disagree with one of them. Admittedly, there are a few I just do not know about, but the rest are spot on. To pick just three:
1) Less is more. Or, "the only art is to omit" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
37) Many published writers are rather...
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