Category: writing
How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.
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Woke up thinking about British novelist Wilkie Collins, and his fine 1860s-era detective novel The Moonstone, which I’ve read a few times. There’s a delightful side character in the book who finds solace and wisdom for daily life in rereading the novel Robinson Crusoe (published in 1719). I couldn’t remember where The Moonstone lived in…
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When I finished Kaliane Bradley’s “The Ministry of Time,” I knew I had to read it again right away. This sweet genius of a book combines history, science fiction and romance, with surprises all over the place but there’s a plot development near the end that I did not see coming at all. I’m not…
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It took me about a month of receiving free daily newsletters from Nautilus magazine before I finally subscribed to it. The science magazine has not disappointed me, and I still enjoy its newsletters because they link to interesting stories in other publications. Today’s newsletter included links to stories in the New York Times,(trees that benefit…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 