The path not taken
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006My friend Carolyn always supplies me with great quotes, and this one has been taped above my computer for quite…
Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters
Writing, reading, and other vital matters
Archive for May, 2006
The things I do for you
Wednesday, May 10th, 2006I got home from Oregon late, late last night, and what should I find waiting for me? A huge box…
One more word on critiquing
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006Loved this post from writer Diana Peterfreund:
But more importantly, what I’m really looking for in a critque is…
Why you will or won’t succeed
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006The Oregon novel workshop wrapped up tonight around 11:00. We’re all overtired and oversugared, and also supremely motivated.
Here are…
Will critique for M & M’s
Monday, May 8th, 2006So I’m up here in Oregon now, in a little town on the coast (where they have cards in the…
Writers who whine
Sunday, May 7th, 2006Garrison Keillor may seem like a sweet, cuddly guy when you hear him on the radio doing A Prairie Home…
Writing your novel with tracing paper
Saturday, May 6th, 2006As some of you may know, the big plagiarism scandal involving Kaavya Viswanathan (the Opal Mehta book) has now expanded,…
Guilty pleasures, the paperback edition
Friday, May 5th, 2006Yesterday we were confessing our guilty tv pleasures, today it’s paperback books.
We’re heading into summer. And in keeping with…
Here’s a Lost theory
Thursday, May 4th, 2006Okay, I just finished watching the tape of last night’s Lost (since I had to watch Texas Ranch House last…
It can’t be junk if it’s PBS
Thursday, May 4th, 2006I both admire and am appalled by people who don’t own a TV. You may have noticed in the comments…