The Paris Review App: “Writers at Work” Series
The Paris Review App is valuable sustenance for anyone who is a lifelong learner. The reason to get the free app for The Paris Review is because of the “Writers at Work” interviews. They include some...
View ArticleHemingway and Silver Linings Playbook
Hemingway was a tough editor on his own material. He cut adjectives and prose back with a sculptor’s eye. What did Michelangelo say? “I see the angel in the marble and carve until I set him free?” But...
View ArticleJuice: Swinging Between Heartbreak and Despair
Winston Churchill said, “Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is –...
View ArticleFor Halloween – Famous Authors in Costumes
As it is Halloween, I thought I would post some of my favorite authors in costume. The photos include Truman Capote, Maya Angelou, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, J. M. Barrie, and Ursula K....
View ArticleFamous Authors Routines: Rise Early, Work Early, and Count The Words
“Let’s face it, writing is hell,” William Styron told The Paris Review in 1954. In his wonderful book, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, author and editor Mason Currey, brings together some of the...
View ArticleIs Genius Enough in The Wolf Of Wall Street?
One of the most brazen moments in this brilliant , highly entertaining and void work is the moment when a female stockbroker’s head is shaved in front of a mob of her male associates. She weeps as...
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