“There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway I agree with Mr. Hemingway about books, and my writing ...
This is, alas, not a proper office. This is a windowless writing cave in an apartment I moved into last ...
This is my office at home in rural Connecticut. Sometimes I prefer working at home, and sometimes I wish I ...
I love to write early in the morning when the whole world is quiet except for the birds. Whether in ...
This is my office in our cottage on Lake George. It’s paneled in warm wood and the shelves are filled ...
There are so many aphorisms about writing I will co-sign. “Writing is rewriting.” “You have to collect a lot of ...
The Dictionary of Fictional Techniques is a running feature in which I observe, name, and discuss heretofore uncategorized (at least to ...
Earlier this week, Publisher’s Weekly posted a short list of five “perfect” sentences on its blog. The post says, “To get ...
Hemingway famously said that he re-wrote the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times before he got it right. ...
Earlier this week, we asked you to submit your favorite quotes about writing and the writer’s life to enter to ...