Tag Archives: Ernest Hemingway
The Wages of Addiction
Lately I’ve been facing an impending crisis that I’ve been hesitant to talk about. Generally, we don’t like to advertise our dependencies, but we writers are prone to substance problems, and I’m no exception. It takes just a moment on … Read more
My Oscar Pick
The run-up to the Oscars this week – a “run-up” that seems to have lasted for months now – reminds me of a fundamental truth about awards shows: everybody needs a good movie to root for. I’m a little handicapped … Read more
Does Writing a Novel Make You a Better Person?
Ras posted here the other day with the question “Does Reading Novels Make You a Better Person?” My own question, considering how I’ve been spending my days lately, is “How About Writing a Novel? Does That Make You a Better … Read more
Twelve Ways to Tell if Your Novel Is Dead
I am getting seriously involved with another novel, trying to get a second one written after years of stops and starts, mostly stops. I stared long and hard at my last novel before giving up on it, and I have … Read more
Loose Ends: Stephen King’s Wang and Other Stories
Newspaper columnists often use an end-of-year column to return to topics they’re written about during the year. Usually they want to provide an update or offer a bit more insight with the benefit of hindsight. Even bloggers from time to … Read more
In Defense of “Out Stealing Horses”
Yesterday’s post considered a piece of conventional advice for beginning writers – “make your protagonist likable” – in light of the success of Per Petterson’s 2008 novel, Out Stealing Horses. I recounted the objections of several members of my “Novels … Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »