The editorial process revealed
A certain amount of back and forth is involved: “Okay now. Delete the sentence that ends ‘unforgiven blimp fiasco.'” “Okay…” “Delete from ‘cigar, mouse’ all the way to ‘favoring that we.'” “Okay…” “And...
View ArticleOn Richard Ford’s abiding love for children
All these lists of Rules for Writers have me paralyzed. I’m unable to proceed, sitting as I am at the wrong kind of chair, using the wrong kind of pencil, working at the wrong time of day … and now I’m...
View ArticleA minor digression
This morning I’m going to link to this wonderful Wall Street Journal piece by Thomas McGuane for no better reason than because I’ve just put a deposit on a gorgeous Welsh springer spaniel pup. And also...
View ArticleAfter missing a homecoming
Not a homecoming for me, but for someone else. I discovered, by an accident of web surfing, that I’d missed the 2010 Michigan Author Homecoming in Lansing, which featured Benjamin Bush, Philip Caputo...
View ArticleIn which I discuss Thomas McGuane, etc.
I was a “special guest” (I do love being called special) on the Enthusiasticast podcast recently, where I talked about Thomas McGuane’s novel, Ninety-Two in the Shade. I also talked about my other...
View ArticleMore on Thomas McGuane
While we’re on a Thomas McGuane kick around here, a kind little bird told me about a short interview in the Salt Lake Tribune, which includes this nugget: I’ve really been longing for a lighter heart...
View ArticleShameless theft of some better ideas than mine
I recently hit on a bunch of things written or said by other people, which speak to my notion that fiction has to be engaged with the world. Being too lazy to write my own defence of that notion, I’m...
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