The recommendation is six years old, from a print-out she took home with her during her 2012 residency in Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers. We six writers… Read more “Beginning IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS, by Tim O’Brien”
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What’s Available in The Only Bookstore in Redwood City, CA
Self is reviewing her reading list. Really, it’s become almost an obsession. She goes into the closest bookstore to her house, the Barnes & Noble in Sequoia… Read more “What’s Available in The Only Bookstore in Redwood City, CA”
Adding to the Reading List: A Process
Self is back home in Redwood City, California. About a mile from her house is a Barnes & Noble (in the Sequoia Station shopping center). She spent… Read more “Adding to the Reading List: A Process”
Four Weeks In Hawthornden, Scotland, June 2012
The benefactress Drue Heinz passed away recently, and there was outpouring of sadness from all Hawthornden alums. The impact she had on writers around the world was… Read more “Four Weeks In Hawthornden, Scotland, June 2012”
#amwriting: A Story Begun in Hawthornden
Just to show you how mind-numbingly slow her mind is, there are stories she’s begun five, even 10 years ago, whose words sit in her MacBook, languishing.… Read more “#amwriting: A Story Begun in Hawthornden”
#amreading “Salt” from Joan McGavin’s PASSING ARCADIA CLOSE
Rivers fascinate self. Here’s a poem about rivers from Joan McGavin’s second collection, Passing Arcadia Close (Oversteps Books 2017). Self met Joan 2012, in Hawthornden. SALT by… Read more “#amreading “Salt” from Joan McGavin’s PASSING ARCADIA CLOSE”
Selfie! Sylvain Landry Year 2 Theme 1
Sylvain Landry’s blog is a meeting place for photographers. Self loves participating in his photo challenges. The first of his Year 2 photo challenges is: SELFIE. Self… Read more “Selfie! Sylvain Landry Year 2 Theme 1”
Ghosts, Spectres and What Not
From a WIP: Our village was visited regularly by ghosts. Of these, the most horrifying were the small ones, the children. They simply sat on smooth boulders… Read more “Ghosts, Spectres and What Not”
Stories About Magic and Science Fiction
Why is self so attracted to stories about magic? Don’t really know. Self’s first experience with angst came from fairy tales. She fell in love with Hans… Read more “Stories About Magic and Science Fiction”
From Des Dillon’s SCUNNERED
Des Dillon is a Scottish writer and a stand-up comic. Self picked up a copy of his book, Scunnered: Slices of Scottish Life in Seventeen Gallus Syllables,… Read more “From Des Dillon’s SCUNNERED”
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