You are an alien who has just landed. And you’re holding a book (no, it’s not a cook book). It’s a book from Earth that impressed you, and you wanted to meet the author. Which book and which author?
Category Archives: Reader Friday
Reader Friday: Your Town
Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town.
Ask the Dust by John Fante (1939)
Describe your home town: where you grew up, or where you live now. How has it influenced you as a person and as a writer?
Reader Friday: Best Tools for Writers?
Tool Guy wants to know: what writing software or tools do you use?
p.s. Click here for a discussion about some specific tools.
Reader Friday: Take Life by the Lapel
Reader Friday: Hunting for the Right Word
Reader Friday: Your Six-Word Memoir
Ernest Hemingway was reportedly once challenged to write a short story in only six words. Here it is:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
This has spawned an enterprise known as the Six-Word Memoir.
So what is your memoir, in exactly six words?
