Virginia Woolf was born on January 25th 1882 in Kensington, London. It’s the spot where I used to hang out as a teenager, full of arty cafe’s, galleries and famous museums. As part of the Bloomsbury group, she lived in Bloomsbury (of course) which is where my University was situated, so I trod in her…
The Westport Writers’ Workshop, run by Jessica Bram, is going to be running three new Brown Bag programs that take place at lunch time to accommodate working people and others with busy schedules. The only exception is the Friday “Writing Partners” which is a committed quiet time to write together. There is a charge for…
My friend Ina Chadwick proposed at our Writers’ Cafe in Westport this week that we paper the ceiling with our rejection slips. I immediately went home and threw all mine out (except the ones that actually said something nice. Both of them.) But she has a point. It’s hard to feel upbeat when you get…
And so I did it. I wrote a perfectly horrible first draft of a novel. 50, 000 words in 30 days. And you know what? I don’t even care that it’s horrible. Because a horrible first draft can become an OK second draft and then a pretty good third draft…you can see where I’m going…
I recently asked Patrick McCord for some writing tips for those of us hoping to get our 50,00 word novel written this November. Do let me know which ones you find helpful. I personally am fond of tip number 4. It worked for Hemingway, and it seems to be working for me. Patrick certainly has…
I’m a believer in the age of the digital book. I was one of the first people in my circle to have a Kindle, and lately I find myself straying to the color Nook displays at our local Barnes and Noble in Westport (http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2864). One of the things I like about these e-books is the…
