In Total Silence and Usually Alone ~ A View From the Keyboard of Chicago Author Renee James
Today’s View From the Keyboard comes from Chicago author Renee James. I met Renee at the celebratory event for Chicago Writers Association’s 2012 Book of the Year awards. Her debut novel, Coming Out Can be Murder, was named Book of the Year in non-traditionally published fiction. Christine Sneed, author of the newly released and highly […]
Today is the Seed Time ~ View From the Keyboard of W. E. B. Du Bois
“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for the greater usefulness of tomorrow. Today is the seed time, now are the hours of work, and […]
The Pleasure of Writing ~ A. A. Milne’s View From the Keyboard
On the anniversary of A. A. Milne’s birth, this: “For it was enough for me this morning just to write; with spring coming in through the open windows and my good Canadian quill in my hand, I could have copied out a directory. That is the real pleasure of writing.” –A. A. Milne And this: […]
Everything in Life is Writable ~ A View From the Keyboard of Sylvia Plath
And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. -Sylvia Plath ◊ Fifty years ago today (January 14, 2013) Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar was released in London.
A Place for The Night Sky ~ The View from the Keyboard of Sarah Hammond
Sarah Hammond is a hot new YA and children’s author who lives in the UK and studied in Bath Spa University‘s impressive and very successful MA in Writing for Young People. On my last trip to England, I wanted to buy a few copies of Sarah’s brand new debut novel, The Night Sky in my Head, […]
Warming the Flue ~ Anne-Marie Oomen’s View From the Keyboard
Today’s View From the Keyboard is something special. ANNE-MARIE OOMEN, a very dear friend of mine (and of many, many writers, young and old) shares with us a glimpse into her workspace, The Think House. Up in Leelanau County in the northwest part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Anne-Marie divides her time as a teacher in […]
Creation, Construction, and Love at 200 ~ A View from the Keyboard (desk) of Dickens
“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.” -Charles Dickens, b. February 7, 1812 →More View coming soon! Thanks for reading. -PMc←
Not A Nature Writer ~ An Update on John McNally’s View From the Keyboard
John McNally, the very fine writer of After The Workshop, The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide, Troublemakers (one of my favorite short story collections) and lots of other books, shared his View From the Keyboard with us quite a while ago. Since then, a number of things have changed in John’s life, among them his View. […]
View From the Keyboard ~ Happy Birthday, Doris Lessing
“I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.” – Doris Lessing, b. October 22, 1919. →Reminder to […]
View From the Keyboard Guidelines
I invite you, my writerly friends, to submit to me a picture of your writing space. I’ll call this segment of the blog “View From the Keyboard,” but know that I am not limiting submissions to those of you who write on a keyboard. Whatever space you write in, whatever tools you use to write, […]