Mar 2, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes
So I’m featured on this FREE webcast thing about “Making Things Up” and “Pretending” (also known as Writing Books) on TUESDAY MARCH 4 — you should join me! You can go behind the scenes with historical fiction, and learn how I...
Feb 22, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes
I read on Brainpickings recently that Mark Rothko, the marvelous abstract expressionist painter, said that when people “weep” when seeing his paintings they are having the same transcendent experience he had when he painted.* Transcendence is an interesting word. It...
Feb 19, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes
“I’ve always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil—especially for corrections. If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I’ve never been able to think...
Feb 1, 2014 | On Writing, Past Notes
Sinful Folk illustrator Nikki McClure’s painstaking papercut process. Love her artwork, and her fabulous cover for Sinful Folk! And here’s what she says about Art: “Mistakes are OK. They’re not something I really set out to make — that’s not really a...
Jan 30, 2014 | News and Media, On Writing, Past Notes
Journalist-turned-fiction author Ned Hayes offers his two cents on what it means to be a writer by Clarke Humphrey Ned Hayes does his homework, a clear sign that he’s a reporter at heart. An hour-long conversation with him about writing — in a bookstore, of all...
