Doodling...writing....

I like to tell my students that all writing is writing.  And maybe some of the best writing is in the margins...... Or maybe it isn't even writing at all.  Check out these doodles from well-known authors.

On writing, fashion, and design

Previously, my subtitle read: "On writing and not writing," but I've decided to refocus my blog for the new year.  After all, why write about not writing?

Did I have writer's block? Yes, it's true: I have chronic writer's block, but I'm thinking blogging is a cure for that.  My original subtitle was inspired by Marion Milner's On Not Being Able to Paint , which had informed, in a major way, my MA thesis on Virginia Woolf and Carmen Laforet, and the in which ways writers work through (or not) their first novel, and how the success or failure of that "working through" allows them to go on and continue to write, or impedes any further production.

So, since I have so many interests that go beyond my academic projects, I thought I'd try working them out through this blog.  And who knows? Perhaps after 365 days of blogging, I'll have a book.

So many words, so little time

How do we make the transition from print to electronic media in our reading?  Read this interview with Martin Marty to observe how a real old school intellectual reads today.  

Salt Therapy

Looking forward to trying out a stress reduction/detox session at Halo Air Salt Rooms in Chelsea, with an awesome discount from Lifebooker, where I book all my hair, skin, and wellness treatments at amazing prices.

Currently Listening...

...... soundtrack to Kids of the Black Hole by my colleague Dewar MacLeod.  Nothing else like Cherry Bomb .

Now Listening.....

to DJ Richie Cannizzo ... checkout his Classics or From our Bedroom to Yours.

on writing every day

"Will I really write a novel? I'll answer this and only this. I'll proceed as if I were going to write one." -- Roland Barthes

In my last blog, I examined the theory that, if I wrote a page a day, I'd have a book by the end of a year.  So let's just say, my book is about to be several pages shorter.