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October 15, 20100 comments
I’m in Panera on this rainy Nor’easter morning, along with about a thousand other people. So much conversation – one man pitching his plumbing s...
Paul Harding in Concord20100920084800
Paul Harding in Concord
September 20, 20100 comments
Paul Harding, author of Tinkers, came to Concord last week for a reading. Our independent bookstore Gibson’s hosted him, and it ...
Helpful posts for writers20100823170600
Helpful posts for writers
August 23, 20100 comments
A few blog finds: Jim Harrington’s Six Questions For… blog runs brief interviews with editors at literary journals and small presses...
Hilary Mantel: Writer as shape-shifter20100812120500
Hilary Mantel: Writer as shape-shifter
August 12, 20100 comments
I’m kind of obsessed with Hilary Mantel right now. Wolf Hall was such a feat — historical fiction about Thomas Cromwell, his r...
Writing tips, historical fiction20100809162200
Writing tips, historical fiction
August 9, 20100 comments
Janet Fitch (White Oleander) posted these ten writing rules on her blog last month, and then the LA Times reprinted them, and after that the piece wen...