Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” On the first of each month, a guest writer shares how he or she spends the day.
March 1, 2012: Ann Hood
In June of 1999, I discovered Ann Hood’s writing–Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine–her first novel published in 1987. I loved it, and I love what she’s written about it on her website:
Every writer feels a special kinship with their first novel. There is nothing like walking into a bookstore and seeing your book on the shelf. This was my first book, and when ever someone asks me which book of mine to read, I always tell them SOMEWHERE OFF THE COAST OF MAINE because if they like that one, they’ll like all of them. This is the book where I found my own voice after years of false starts. I still get goosebumps when I see my name on a book jacket. And this one started it all for me.
Since 1987, she’s written stories, memoir, a book on craft, and many, many more novels.
Come back on March 1st to read how Ann Hood spends her days.
“It’s hard to tell somebody what you mean to say. And that’s an idea that I’m obsessed with. It’s why I write. It’s why everybody writes.”
--Jonathan Safran Foer
