I ducked into the reference bookshelves at Barnes & Noble the other day, and I came across a book on writing called Novelist’s Boot Camp, written by Todd A. Stone. I’m embarrassed to say that it intrigued me, felt great in my hands, looked packed with information that could help me. But then I put it down, looked [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2006
Knocked Down a Peg
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Peter Bergman never should have written that review; not for its negativity, but because he and I used to be friends and now we are most definitely not. Ever since I became a teacher back in 1995 there always have been people, older professionals, who thought it necessary to try and knock me down a [...]
I Interview Poorly
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
I’m the interviews editor for a national magazine called upstreet, a project I agreed to do with a former friend of mine after I left an organization called The Berkshire Writers Room. If you know me, rest easy; this isn’t going to be a David Scribner versus The Berkshire Eagle bitter rant. Honestly, The Berkshire [...]
The End of the Story
Monday, July 10, 2006
I sent Barbara J. Zitwer, my first agent, the manuscript Britta and I worked on, as she requested. She said she’d help me, that I should send her a list of publishers who’ve already read the manuscript, names of…
And listen: it’s not a book until it gets published in some way. It’s a stack of [...]