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...

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,...

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...

Musicians have notes; artists, colors and shapes; writers have words. Writers in English have lots of words. While it’s impossible to count the number of words in our language,...

My first published novel came out a year ago, and I went on a full-time marketing spree. It was exhilarating – at first. I had readers! Great reviews! Sales! I received emails,...

Music in Into The Wilderness“Music is central to Into the Wilderness . . . Luskin is convincing in translating the aural, physical and emotional power of music into...