by Deborah Lee Luskin | Nov 5, 2013 | Living in Place
Last week I had the good fortune to teach a writing workshop at The Writers’ Barn, in Shelburne, Vermont. The barn is just that – a barn, but it’s been renovated into a light, airy space with all the modern amenities for that particular breed: writers....
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 8, 2013 | Living in Place
Last November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. I didn’t write an entire novel in those thirty short days, but I did I add 50,000 words to a novel that was already underway, and that made me a winner. I loved...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 24, 2013 | Living in Place
While working alone on a long project like a novel, it’s easy to feel lonely, disconnected from readers and isolated from peers. The best antidote I know for this malaise is a literary festival. And even though I’m not feeling particularly lonely,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 10, 2013 | Living in Place
Writers need readers long before they present their work to their intended audience. Finding helpful readers for work-in-progress is necessary – and tough. Over the years, I’ve collected a group of readers I can trust with my new work, and I’ve developed a...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 27, 2013 | Living in Place
If you’ve ever painted a room, you know that rolling on fresh paint is the dramatic part of the job – the part where you see the most progress for the least effort. I’m now in a point in writing Ellen, a novel, which is very much like rolling new paint on a...
