Top 5 and Why: Best Bob Dylan Songs
If a song moves you, that’s all that’s important… I don’t have to know what a song means. All Top 5 and Whys are tough, but…
Italo Calvino Reading from Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities is Calvino at his thematic and structural best. For more about this amazing book check out his Top 5 and Why. The following excerpt was recorded…
Julio Cortazar: On Literary Games, Imagination, Reading and Writing
The long gangly arms, the large head still barely containing the wide-set eyes, one almost always set off askance. Julio Cortazar was an imposing presence. Probably…
Larry Brown on Writing
On reading: “Reading, for pleasure and knowledge, has always been, will always be one of my favorite things to do. (from A Writer’s Life by Jean…
Top 5 and Why: Best Larry Brown Books
It’s a tough choice, but if you had to choose five, and you had to do it off the top of your head. Which ones? Why?…
Creative Process: Know When to Stop!
Where does it come from? Where does it go? You hear a lot of talk about how to “turn on the creative juices,” but what about…
Givers and Takers: Publisher-Writer Relationships
I don’t know exactly why people get into things like publishing. It can’t be because they see a lot of money in it, could it? If…
Three Things Writers Look for in a Publisher
A Writer Wants: A publisher that looks cool! Is there any writer who doesn’t? I have to admit that C&R Press has a lot of work…
Is “National Novel Writing Month” A Good Thing?
It would seem that National Novel Writing Month began on the 31st for all the PR buzz and “planning prep” exercises. Anyway, today is officially the…
Word Count: Helpful Tool or Insidious Device?
When it comes to a first draft, for me there’s nothing like a good Word Count taskmaster sitting at the bottom of my Word document, chiding…
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