New York, 1909

BrooklynBridge

Just a little of the research I did for my WIP! I love the research part…

 

Related Posts

Write What You Don’t Know

Write What You Don’t Know

This is, of course, the opposite advice than is often given to young writers. But it occurred to me from a chance comment by someone on my email list that this is exactly what I do—in a way. It's not that I write from ignorance, exactly. Perhaps it would be better to...

read more
Fishermans Cowl

Fishermans Cowl

Cast on 28 stitches. Size 19 needles. Knit one row.  I had to throw so much yarn away before I moved, thanks to the moths. Alpacas and merinos that would have felt soft and warm as they slipped through my fingers and grew row by row into something, anything. Blues and...

read more
Is My Idea Original?

Is My Idea Original?

This is a question I'm asked from time to time by inexperienced writers, who are—quite naturally—concerned that they're not seen as copying another author or idea, or are afraid of having someone else copy theirs. I say "quite naturally," because in many areas of our...

read more
Books you have to write

Books you have to write

The peculiar thing about writing a book is that sometimes you don’t know where the idea for it came from. Other times you can trace it exactly to something you saw, heard, read, researched, etc. But whatever spawned the idea, something about it made you feel as if you...

read more
The Pleasures of Reading Together

The Pleasures of Reading Together

I moved into an apartment in an old mill building in Biddeford, Maine in February of this year. Although I have a daughter, grandsons, and a brother and his family who live in Portland (twenty minutes away), I knew no one in this town. I stayed in touch, of course,...

read more
Nothing Is the Same

Nothing Is the Same

My Life Changed. But I Still Have a Book Coming Out. I knew something was wrong with him almost a year ago, but I didn’t know how wrong. He’d seen me through nearly eleven book launches, was always there for the triumphs and the disappointments. He read my books, he...

read more

Comments

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *