by Andi | Mar 12, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
When I think of it, when I try to get the tendrils of my mind to wrap around the concept of this book, I can’t do it. I feel like I’m trying to enclose the sky, and I start to panic. I get scared. I wonder if I can do it. The problem is with thinking too... by Andi | Mar 10, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I picked up a copy of A.J. Jacobs’ book A Year of Living Biblically on a whim – nonfiction, about Bible stuff – sounded good. . . and boy, was it ever? Jacobs is funny, insightful, and wise – all without having to make pedantic statements about... by Andi | Mar 7, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
As I research, I find myself poring over photographs of this place in ages past – 80 years ago when doorways had porticos that now are just pedastals or 3 months ago when Dad and I walked an old roadbed I had never explored before. I crave these bits of fact... by Andi | Mar 2, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
An obligation to your readers and an obligation to yourself, that’s how Philip Gerard put his feelings about writing truth in creative nonfiction as part of a panel on the subject yesterday. His argument swayed me to take a position, a position I wasn’t... by Andi | Feb 28, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
Two men I admire sat on the stage in the Marina Del Rey high rise. David Ulin was on the left and Steve Heller was on the right. I wasn’t sure what to expect in this exchange – whose side was I going to come out on? I liked both of these men, respected...