“Exit Ghost” by Philip Roth
I picked this up in the library. I am always a sucker for a book about a writer. I know some writers snub their noses at writers as characters but not me. Anything that gives me a glimpse into the creative soul is worth a shot. Roth is a force in [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Books Read in February
Posted in reading on February 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
What Was I Thinking?
Posted in creative process on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It was the first week of the new year. We had a beautiful snowfall that seemed to make an official clean slate for the coming year. I had a brand new blog and a list of grand intentions and goals for the year. That was when I stumbled across this amazing blog that offered the [...]
Who Knew?
Posted in creative process, inspiration, writing on February 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Who knew that Otter was allergic to peanuts? I didn’t. Not until I sat down to write a scene with his grandma Lydia on a plane and she passed her tiny bag of peanuts to the man next to her saying that her grandson was so allergic that if she ate a peanut then kissed [...]
Funky February Blues
Posted in creative process, writing on February 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s that time of year again. Gray skies. Too cold to do much outside. Two snow days in a row. We’ve all been kind of half-heartedly passing some kind of germ back and forth. It never turns into the full blown flu or anything. You just feel kind of yucky. Blah. Didn’t do much but [...]
