I love this piece. It reminds me a little bit of the summer I lived in West Virginia and cooked–even baked–with wood and hauled water from the well. For a time I lived with no electricity. Those days are some of the most memorable I’ve had.
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Be inspired….
…or entertained. A Lorrie Moore short story that sucked me in.
Mary Patrick Kavanaugh
Marrie Stone interviews Mary Patrick Kavanaugh, author of Family Plots: Love, Death and Tax Evasion.
(Broadcast date: Jun 24, 2009)
Desert rain
Desert rain. Fat warm drops, with all the patience in the world.
Authors…tidbits…
When I hear new(ish) writers say if they don’t make it by a certain age–35, say–I think of all the writers who made it long past that point. It may not be what you want, but success does happen on it’s own time.
I’m reading Writing at Risk, a collection of interviews, and came across Nathalie Sarraute who had her first bestseller, Childhood, at 83. So there’s hope, right?
Another interview with novelist Elizabeth Cox, who’s married to Michael Curtis, the Atlantic Monthly‘s fiction editor. Interesting what she says about how listening to music has taught her about structure.
Day 2
You can imagine being at a true river with rocks and water if you send your eyes a certain way. I finished reading Carolyn See’s The Handyman, for the second time, and loved it more than the first (when it came out in ’99).
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Palm Springs Noir, an anthology published by Akashic Books, edited by Barbara, also features her short story “The Water Holds You Still.” Order anywhere you buy books.
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Pen on Fire:
A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
Los Angeles Times bestseller and winner of the 2005 ASJA Outstanding Book Award
Music for Typing
Get in the flow with typewriter music by Travis Barrett.
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