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...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 16, 2011 | Living in Place
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, linguists estimate that English contains about a million different words, two million if...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Feb 3, 2011 | Living in Place
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, letters and phone calls from strangers thanking me for such a heart-warming story! I loved...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | May 5, 2010 | Living in Place
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 words on the paper. The result is a wonderful novel.” – Addison Independent reviewA list of the music...
