Monthly Archives: October 2009

I give

Posted on October 29, 2009 by cynthia

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a practice

Posted on October 26, 2009 by cynthia

I was planning on doing a post on that need to write but then had the opportunity to write a Guest Writer article on the subject for The View From Here Magazine. It is online today with the print issue … Continue reading →

Posted in craft of writing, essays, glimmers, life, my writing, shapes, why I write, writing group | Tagged | 18 Comments

eucalyptus

Posted on October 24, 2009 by cynthia

I sit at my desk and write on this cloudy fall Saturday, working on this new story. Outside, the leaves are changing. But what keeps drawing my attention is this eucalyptus bush in the left panes of the window. When … Continue reading →

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12 keys to stronger writing from Annie Dillard via Alexander Chee

Posted on October 21, 2009 by cynthia

On Friday, I read the essay “Annie Dillard and the Writing Life,” by novelist Alexander Chee who took a class from Annie Dillard in 1989. He writes, “By the time I was done studying with Annie, I wanted to be … Continue reading →

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to be read

Posted on October 18, 2009 by cynthia

The books that sit on Lynn Neary’s “shelf of constant reproach” are “the books I know I should have read…but haven’t.” She borrowed this term from Luis Clemons, who chooses which authors to interview for NPR’s Tell Me More, and … Continue reading →

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poemcrazy

Posted on October 15, 2009 by cynthia

Poemcrazy: freeing your life with words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge is a book I forgot I had on my shelf–a forgotten book. Every now and then, I will pull a book off the shelf that looks unfamiliar–an old book–and thumb … Continue reading →

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still playing with books

Posted on October 13, 2009 by cynthia

Last week, before I went out of town, I was looking for my new book, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty. I looked on my ToBeRead shelf–not there. I looked behind me on this long built-in shelf that theoretically holds … Continue reading →

Posted in Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor, Poets, accumulation, books, craft of writing | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

wildlives

Posted on October 9, 2009 by cynthia

In Wildlives, Quebecois author Monique Proulx creates a magical world out of the stuff of our world. Memory, silence, flowers, summertime, the lake–everything is alive. “The lake rose and fell and murmured beneath his paddle like a primitive animal mass, … Continue reading →

Posted in craft of writing, first sentences, form, life, place, recurring images, structure, time | Tagged | 8 Comments

unfamiliar

Posted on October 6, 2009 by cynthia

For today, I had planned to write a review of the book I finished yesterday, but as I sat down to write, I realized that the piece of fiction I started on Saturday and continued with on Sunday and Monday … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life of Adam Braver

Posted on October 1, 2009 by cynthia

Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, Catching Days hosts a guest writer in the series, “How We Spend Our Days.” Today, please welcome writer … Continue reading →

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