"I've been photographing fake owls around Los Angeles for years, forever seeking birds that aren't fooled by those evil, baby-doll eyes. But it was while doing research in Vancouver, BC, this past summer that I finally discovered a pigeon that was no pigeon. This bird knew that owl was ..."
"Writers must stick together like beggars or thieves."I first saw this quote referenced in Carolyn See's wonderful book Making A Literary Life. Since then, I've seen it cited several places, but I've yet to identify the source. If you know the Hemingway work in which this appeared, or what article quoted him as saying it, please pass the citation info along in an e-mail. Thanks.
-- Ernest Hemingway
"Writing a novel is a terrible experience during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay."
— Flannery O'Connor
A few grocery facts from my weekly shopping experience …
Four pounds of hothouse tomatoes (pictured).
Local mom-and-pop market cost @ 69¢ per pound: $2.76
Local chain supermarket cost @ $3 per pound: $12 ...
I couldn't help but do a double take at the sight of Honda's double truck in the latest issue of Wired. The ad, which is part of Honda's Power of Dreams campaign, portrays what looked to me like the yellow-skied Los Angeles of the 1970s, but not exactly. So I pulled out the skyline shot I had blown up last year for my wife's office and did a side-by-side comparison. ...
The holiday parties are the worst, when that question comes from strangers and the spouses of friends. “So,” they ask, “what do you do?”
I can’t be the only writer who dreads it, and not for the reasons some might expect.
This weekend's engagements will be particularly difficult. I’ve been absent for months, haven’t written a word for newspapers or magazines since spring, haven’t posted on this blog, or any other, since early October, and, save for an appearance at an SPJ panel on freelancing last month, I’ve ...
