The Hard Work of Empathy
The Hard Work of Empathy The question came from someone whose judgment I respected, which made it harder to dismiss. He was widely read and wrote serious, academically minded reviews of books and films. After reading part of my first novel, he asked me—almost with a laugh—how I could possibly have written letters from a […]
From my new book: On Writing at 80 a one page checklist
TEASER: From the new book NOW PUBLISHED – ON WRITING at 80
The Thirteen Minute Guide You bought this book because you want to know how a seventy-nine-year-old first-time novelist wrote two novels totaling more than 160,000 words and published them in less than six months. Fair enough. I’ll give you the short version first. Everything else in this book simply slows down and explains these same […]