The Harper Perennial Lit Chick Invasion brought three authors - once strangers from Australia, Canada, and England - together for a book tour. I saw them read at New York’s KGB Bar, and I left with all three of their books, not knowing which to read first.
Boston Airport
Want to know what they thought of […]
For those of you lucky enough to have published a book, tell me about going on tour. Did it live up to your expectations?
And for those of you who simply attend readings and book signings, tell me why you go and what expectations you bring with you.
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Wednesday, stop by and meet three authors - Sarah […]
I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. Everyone around me seemed to pick it up with Dick, Jane and Spot in the first grade, I remained back in the special reading group until well into the second grade. Looking back I think this might be due to the fact that Dick and […]
Write down every idea before it’s gone. Use the backs of envelopes and gas receipts if you’re driving. On one of those slips is your breakout story:
Amputee obsessively sharpens pencils with his phantom arm.
Girl impresses boy by eating frozen guacamole with her hair barrette.
Mother dances salsa in front of the mirror in a […]
I’ll listen to just about any kind of music and enjoy it, but when it comes to lyrics, I’m picky. My favorite songwriters? Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, . . . and Cameron McGill.
Here’s the opening of “When It Could Hurry” from the Street Ballads & Murderesques album:
i really should have tried to […]
Are you one of those writers who thinks of a great sentence or a great opening or a description of someone’s smile and then adds it to a stack of other unfinished ideas? Tell me where you store those snippets and how you feel about pieces of unfinished thoughts?
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Wednesday, you’ll meet one of my favorite […]
There are people who give more than they take, and if anyone has noticed, that’s who I try to feature at LitPark. Ellen Meister is no doubt one of those people.
Me, Ellen
SECRET CONFESSIONS OF THE APPLEWOOD PTA is a story about friendship among suburban housewives whose hidden longings and disappointments are exposed when their […]
As you’re reading this, I’m locked in a hotel room, and I’m not coming out until my novel’s done.
Your answers to the question of the week are so heartstopping-beautiful, I hope you’ll go back to Monday’s Question of the Week and read every last one. Thank you to all of you who played or […]
How To Tell Your Mother That You’ve Written a Book About Porn
by Eric Spitznagel
I wrote a book called “Fast Forward: Confessions of a Porn Screenwriter.” It’s a memoir of my (thankfully brief) career writing scripts for the adult film industry. I have no problem telling you that, because I don’t know you. Informing a stranger […]
This may just be the most sensitive question for writers. Is your mom proud of you? Do you let her read your work? Does she even know you write?
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Wednesday’s guest, Eric Spitznagel, tells his story of writing screenplays for porn movies … and what it was like tell his family!
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