This Is It/493
Lindsay Sihilling shared this with me this morning, and I am happy to pass it on… This is your conscience, artists and writers. You know that your conscience has tried in every possible subtle way…
Category: Writing
Good Advice
“One of these times I’ll write my autobiography, which will certainly be fiction.” Glenn Gould
Writing Rejuvenation–Summer 2016 Course
People tell you how much they like your writing, or how funny you are, or what rich experiences you’ve had. But you often don’t see it that way. You may feel stuck. Or you’re addicted…
Seeds
In my book on Elie Wiesel There is reference to Mev That was a seed for my next book In The Book of Mev There is reference to going to Palestine That was a seed…
Reading and Writing Inter-Are
What you have to do, I believe, is to believe that there is a reader, a listener, a needer, within yourself, who corresponds closely to those readers out there, and you have to satisfy that…
Dear Isabel (Letter/9)
Monday 29 June 2015 Dear Isabel Glad you had friends visiting over the weekend and that you now have a little more space for your daily practices and chill time/spaces. Page 11, paragraph 1 Don…
Dear Isabel (Letter/5)
Wednesday 24 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 5 Ah, claridad in El Salvador, because it is (seems?) so black and white. Your description of what living there, amidst violence, gives you is powerful; e.g., “vulnerability is…
Dear Isabel (Letter/3)
Monday 22 June 2015 Dear Isbaelita Page 3 This page inspires me to offer you the following writing topics to add to your comprehensive list, unless you’ve already exhausted each of them by writing at…
“Be in Love with Yr Life”*: A Spring On-Line Writing Course with The Book of Mev
It’s a book about living and loving and losing and being human through all of it—thank you for helping me accept more of my own humanity. —Cami Kasmerchak I’ve often noticed how many readers recognize…
Dear Isabel (Letter/2)
Sunday 21 June 2015 Dear Isabel Page 2, paragraph 1 About your “fear of rejection”: Do you have a “fear of attraction” as well? I wonder how many people fell in love with you in…