> Alice Munro says she's done writing, and you can put money on it. In the same interview she also says "probably". At 82, she's entitled, either way. What a body of work.
> I stand with Edward Kelsey Moore. Never too old to be a debut author. Never.
> On the New York Times Opinionator blog's "Draft" column, Lee Gutkind, founder of Creative Nonfiction (the magazine, and some say, Godfather of the genre), writes about the art of listening during in-person interviews, useful for any writer who sits down with a source.
> It's like Writer TV! Store this link from Aerogramme Writers' Studio to watch TED talks by and for writers. Catch Amy Tan, Billy Collins, Isabel Allende and ten others (via @CNFonline).
> I often work in a semi-lit room. Maybe--aside from being a cheapskate and/or too lazy to get up and turn on more lights when the sun goes down--I intuited that dim lighting spurs creativity?
> Elizabeth Gilbert's return to novel writing is getting folks excited, and if this book trailer for her upcoming release, The Signature of All Things, is any indication, I'm in.
> Been enjoying catching up with Jessica Morrell's blog, including this post about why she writes. Favorite line: "I just realized that the worst that can happen is that I can be rejected—been there. Didn’t feel good; but the sting of rejection fades and you wake up to discover you’re still writing." If you wander over there, check out her list of "25 Reasons Why Manuscripts are Rejected."
> Erika Robuck, author of the novels Hemingway's Girl and Call Me Zelda, in the spirit of solidarity with writers who are feeling the sting of rejection, offers up some of her worst reviews. Scroll the comments, where other authors chime in with theirs. (And if you're not subscribed to Bill and Dave's blog, you're missing other great Bad Advice Wednesdays.)
> Some pics of great women writers at work. My office used to look like Anne Sexton's, but now it's more like Agatha Christie's -- a simple table floating before bookshelves and (outer) calm.
> Finally, literature I like overlaps with what my husband and teenage sons read, watch, know, understand, live, eat, breathe. What dost I speaketh of? Why William Shakespeare's Star Wars.
Have a great weekend!
2 comments:
Lisa, I am always impressed with what you compile for your weekly Friday Fridge Clean-Out. I especially enjoyed studying the photos of female writers in today's post.
So helpful as always Lisa - absolutely loved the art of listening piece by Lee Gutkind and the reminder of such a great column (Opinionator) to follow.
And as a side note, I too often write in a dimmer light. Brightness is distracting to me. :)
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