Author: Marsha Qualey

Check Off

Posted by | Jan 27, 2010 | | 5

I was amused to see and read in this week’s Times Book Review a review of a book called The Checklist Manifesto, byAtul Gawande. Amused because only the day before I put such a checklist up on the wall by my writing...

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Reaching Me

Posted by | Jan 19, 2010 | | 9

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Award yesterday. I first read this book several months ago, upon recommendation of fellow Inkpotter Anne Ursu. I’m delighted Stead’s book won the big award; there...

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Irony?

Posted by | Jan 15, 2010 | | 1

I’ve spent the last week immersed in conversation about writing and books. The result: I can’t read. I return to my hotel room at night, look at the stack of books I brought along and don’t even bother.This has...

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Muses

Posted by | Jan 10, 2010 | | 1

Need to head to bed, so I’ll just share a favorite quote from Wendell Berry:”There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who...

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