by Andi | Feb 21, 2018 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
It should surprise no one that the life of the writer–such as it is–is colorless to the point of sensory deprivation. Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world. This explains why so many books describe the author’s... by Andi | Jan 24, 2018 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Resistance and change often begin in art and very often in our art, the art of words. – Ursula K. Le Guin Whenever anyone asks me to recommend short stories, my first suggestion is always “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” but Ursula K. Le Guin.*... by Andi | Nov 15, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
Lately, by sheer happenstance, I’ve been reading novels about bookish folks or bookish places. I just finished Nicole Yoon’s lovely YA novel, Everything, Everything,* and I’m in the midst of Katherine Reay’s The Bronte Plot.* Both are about... by Andi | Nov 1, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
It’s something concrete, controllable. All those squiggles of commas and subject-verb agreement choices. There is a right answer when it comes to grammar and mechanics, and that is comforting in the wild, never-perfect, no-right-way world of writing. It’s... by Andi | Oct 11, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
One of my mother’s favorite Biblical ideas was the idea of Ebenezer – “This far the Lord hath carried you.” In fact, her friend cross-stitched that word for her in a beautiful piece. So today, Kaitlin Curtice’s words on Ebenezer feel so...