"Occasionally, it's true, I'll meet someone--call him myself--who makes the same mistake again and again, heedless of what friends and sense tell him, unable even to listen to himself. Then he crashes his car, or suffers a heart attack, and suddenly calamity works on him like an alarm clock; by packing a punch that no gentler means can summon, suffering breaks him open and moves him to change his ways." by Pico Iyer from "The Value of Suffering," which appeared in The New … [Read more...]
Archives for 2013
Glimpse of Solace: Surface and Pattern
One of the charges against social media is that it often focuses on what is superficial. So I've taken that idea for Glimpse of Solace -- the pics are all surfaces and pattern. … [Read more...]
Much I don’t about Franzen
I give up. I spent the past few days trying to write a blog that was witty and timely. I wanted it to be smart like an essay by Roxane Gay. I hoped to get my thoughts together about the fuss over “Jonathan Franzen: What’s Wrong With the Modern World,” which appeared in The Guardian on Friday, September 13. The piece named names (Jennifer Weiner, Salman Rushdie, Jeff Bezos) and was as juicy as a reality TV show, with responses by Jennifer Weiner and Nathan … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Centered
Since I blogged (bragged) about how The Writers centers me, I took that idea and ran with it. … [Read more...]
Benefits of membership: The Writers
Writing is known to be a solitary profession. For the most part the writer has to be alone. But when it comes to critiquing your work and revising it, the voice in your head isn't always right. That's when it is particularly useful to have another's opinion, especially if this other person is a serious writer too. Then once you have a finished work and you have it published or an opportunity to read it, once again, it's nice to have other writers you can count on to be your … [Read more...]
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