Monthly Archives: January 2010
100 Things About A Novel, Pt. 2
[Note: Part 1 is here.] 25. Novels are hard, not like diamonds but like fate, the choice you make that reveals it was never a choice at all. 26. Then it is the novel as jailer. You in a small … Continue reading
Filed under novels, travel, what I am working on, writers, writing
100 Things About A Novel, Pt. 1
Sometimes music is needed. Sometimes silence. This is probably because a novel is a piece of music, like all written things, the language demanding you make a sound as you read it. Sometimes I have written them on subways, missing … Continue reading
January 8th, 2010
1. In a thread on Darcy Cosper’s facebook page, I learn that the New York Times forbids writing in the present tense, as it is technically a fiction, even when used in the presentation of nonfiction. 2. My old friend … Continue reading
Filed under author's own, fiction, letters to you, novels
