“It is in setting out to do the impossible thing that we will accustom ourselves to failure, feel every scrape, bruise, blister, all the aches and strains in every joint and muscle and tendon, pain borne of huge ambition, from Jane Vandenburgh‘s lovely piece on writing and my recent lecture at Fishtrap….”
July 23rd, 2013
Praise from Cheryl Strayed
July 22nd, 2013
Praise from BK Loran
Beautiful, I love what you say about Cheryl [Strayed]’s talk: “…each of us is a broken and leaking all-too-human vessel, too weak and insignificant to be carrying such an important story.” And your comments about writing a first novel are some of the most astute and important I have ever read. Thanks for posting this. […]
July 22nd, 2013
Writing What’s Maybe Almost Halfway Brave
To write a book that matters you’ll need both your most lofty ambitions and the realization that you’re too weak and inexperienced to carry such an important story.
July 2nd, 2013
Praise from James Salter
“The Wrong Dog Dream is a beautiful story of second marriage, second life,” says James Salter on Philip Lopate, WNYC
