by Deborah Lee Luskin | May 3, 2011 | Living in Place
If you are like me and chose not to pursue an MFA because you think no one can really teach you to write, and that writing is something you have to learn for yourself, then Roger Rosenblatt’s Unless It Moves the Human Heart: the Craft and Art of Writing is for you....
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 26, 2011 | Living in Place
I wasn’t born yesterday – but I might as well have been. The technologies of contemporary life are all new to me. In the past month, I’ve upgraded to an iPhone, purchased a Kindle, and brought out an electronic edition of Into The Wilderness, a novel that appeared in...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Apr 12, 2011 | Living in Place
CRWROPPS As if writing weren’t hard enough by itself, producing the work is only part of the challenge: sending it out for publication is yet another full-time job. It’s not one I’ve been particularly good at, but I’m getting better, especially since I’ve started...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 30, 2011 | Living in Place
All I’ve ever wanted to do was write fiction. This is a gross overstatement and not completely true, because no one forced me to earn a PhD in English Literature, marry, mother, manage a business, or write medical copy – among other activities. I chose to do all these...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Mar 7, 2011 | Living in Place
When Virginia Woolf recommended A Room of One’s Own for women writers, she couldn’t have anticipated the open concept in architecture, or understand fully how children can interrupt a mother with their needs even when they’re not there. I’ve always had a room of my...
