Soon there’ll be more foreigners on earth than there are Americans. Foreignness is a planetary condition, and even when you walk through your hometown—whether that’s New York or London or Sydney—half the people around you are speaking in languages and dealing in traditions different from your own. Read the article at Lapham’s Quarterly But there…Continue reading Friday Reads – Pico Iyer on the Pleasures of Being Foreign, Ethan Siegel on Dark Matter
Author: Michelle Richmond
Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of six novels and two award-winning story collections, including The Marriage Pact, Golden State, and The Year of Fog. She is the founder and publisher of Fiction Attic Press and the creator of Novel in Nine.
The Muse: Gray Cat on Gray Chair
Wherein Phoebe commits an admirable act of camouflage, while lounging. Truth be told, she is no muse. When she hears the laptop come on, or hears me settle into my desk chair, she quits whatever she is doing (which is to say she quits sitting around looking impervious) and stages an intervention. She likes to…Continue reading The Muse: Gray Cat on Gray Chair
5 Great Gifts for Writers (to fit any budget)
Moleskine Classic Notebook It’s classic, it’s practical, and every writer should have at least one. Hardbound, with smooth, gorgeous pages that beg to be filled with someone’s magnum opus Why They’ll Love It: There’s nothing more inspiring than a beautiful notebook filled with blank pages. The price: A t just $12.91, you can make…Continue reading 5 Great Gifts for Writers (to fit any budget)
5 Things About Writing I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago (Part 2)
When I published my first novel eleven years ago, I thought I’d finish another one within a couple of years. That’s because I thought that, having written one novel, the next one would be easier. Which brings me to: Writing Truth # 2: Writing a novel never gets easier. My fourth was just as difficult,…Continue reading 5 Things About Writing I Wish I’d Known 20 Years Ago (Part 2)
Michaela Joy Garecht – still missing
Michaela Joy Garecht was kidnapped in Hayward, CA 26 years ago today–on November 19, 1988. She was nine years old. Her mother, Sharon Murch, is still searching for answers.Please share this age progression photo of Michaela & the composite of her suspected kidnapper. If you lived in or near Hayward at the time, please look…Continue reading Michaela Joy Garecht – still missing