Writing the good read
I read a lot of dog books. Fiction with dogs as characters; books about dog psychology; tomes that cover the history of the relationship between people and dogs. I’ve written here before about some of the great dog books I’ve read. Now, a few months later I find I have another stack of eight books…
I like good writing. When I called this blog, Eat, Read and Be Harried, I figured I’d be writing mostly about books. When I think of the boxes into which I can put myself, reader is way up near the top of the list, somewhere after the mom box and before the baseball fan box….
I do a lot of reading. The picture here is me peaking out of the pile of some 80 books that I’ve read in the last 18 months. Actually, I’ve read more than that. Some I’ve filed already (once blogged about, they’re shelved) and others I’ve loaned to friends (who know they have to give…
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing lately. I do it for a living — or should I say “living”, but more on that later — so it shouldn’t come as a shock. But it’s the eve of the Third annual Wordcount Blogathon which will require me to write every single day. Here’s where the…
I spent the last four days at a hotel about 10 miles from my house. I was in Seattle, at the lovely Grand Hyatt hotel for the annual conference of the Association of Healthcare Journalists. Because Husband and I decided several years ago to become a one car family (she said with a hint of…