Monthly Archives: November 2015

Word Lovers

Writing is all about words: falling in love with them, coaxing them, wooing them, worrying over them, playing with them, cutting them, adding them, and even, like Shakespeare, inventing them. Writers are word lovers and when we love them hard … Continue reading

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Comeback City

“They just keep coming after you…they keep fighting, they keep putting runners in scoring position. If they don’t get it done one inning, they get it done the next. They just keep coming at you until they get that big … Continue reading

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Steinbeck’s Six

“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple … Continue reading

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