Writing Retreat? How About a Writing Attack Instead?
Summertime and the Living is Easy Summertime and the living is easy, plenty of languor, but you don’t need me to tell you it has …
Scene Analysis – Robert McKee’s Story: Substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting
A Writing Craft All-Star to Beat the Blahs Ever write a scene and it just feels blah? You know it could be good, but it’s …
Trust, by Hernan Diaz, Virtual Reader and Writer Friends IRL
Trust, by Hernan Diaz Made it back from New York City last month with what has to be a new record for me: eight books …
Nobel Winners at Turin International Book Fair
Nobel Winners at Turin International Book Fair Svetlana Aleksievič and Wole Soyinka Among Speakers Svetlana Aleksievič and Wole Soyinka are among a long list of …
Italo Calvino, and Crossing Paths with Anarchists
Italo Calvino, and Crossing Paths with Anarchists Last Saturday afternoon, despite being completely exhausted, and thinking that a walk would make me feel better, I …
A Look Back at the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Banff Mountain Film Festival Santa Monica A Million Years Ago Many years ago, while I was still living in Los Angeles, a friend introduced me …
Find Writing Inspiration and Pie Recipes in How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies, by Amy Wallen
Released in October 2022, I ordered Amy Wallen‘s new book, How to Write a Novel in 20 Pies, Sweet and Savory Secrets for Surviving the …
In Praise of Pacifiction, Alberto Serra’s Languorous Film
In Praise of Pacifiction, Alberto Serra’s Languorous Film The Torino Film Festival One of the many highlights of the year here in Torino, aside from …
The Years, Annie Ernaux
Not Exactly Balancing the Scales After Annie Ernaux was named the Nobel Prize laureate in literature for 2022 in October (the 17th woman out of …