Richard says that he ends up throwing away his first chapter before he sends any book in to his publisher. He doesn’t plan to do that exactly; it just happens to do the trick. When I heard him talking about this, I knew...
Read MoreDoes anybody want to go back a few days and play with first lines that are irresistible? Am I the only one who remembers this doozie: “‘Damn,’ said the duchess as she walked down the stairs smoking a...
Read MoreThere’s a piece in the Oct. 19 “The New Yorker” that is worth reading. It’s about Alloy Entertainment, the folks who gave the world “Gossip Girl,” “The A-List,” and...
Read MoreThe new thing is from THE MASTER, a novel about Henry James, and it’s just a throw-away clause “. . . the culture of easy duplicity.” I’m not exactly sure what it is about that phrase that beckons to me...
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