The average person thinks of someone being "in the dark" as someone who is uninformed. That is not the case with writers, at least not in this conversation of mine at this time. When I think of a writer "in the dark" I am talking about the secret place to which the writer goes: her …
Morning, true and clear
Hi. A bit off topic this morning, not about writing or reading, but about contemplating something from another day or time. Before everything starts, before everyone wakes, it's Saturday morning, true and clear; without complications, without drama, without heartache. The morning will always give that sense of hope, grace, gratitude. It's there, you just have …
Five Reasons Why We Write
© by Lydia Nolan April 11, 2019 Five Reasons Why We Write © by Lydia Nolan April 11, 2019 When I was a six or seven-year-old child my cousin said that I would be a writer. I looked at her with a blank stare. I did not believe her, much …
Review of “Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt
Review: “Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt Posted on March 30, 2019by L.Nolan, Editor “The panic that overtook me then was hard to explain. Those game days broke up with a swiftness, a sense of losing blood almost, that reminded me of watching the apartment in New York being boxed up and carted away: groundlessness and flux, nothing …