Creativity and Productivity – Page 2

Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson Adam Johnson, who just won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Orphan Master’s Son,” did an interview in the July 2012 issue of “The Writer” magazine. It’s one of the “How I Write” features on the back page, so it’s mostly in Johnson’s words. I saved the article as soon as… Continue reading Adam Johnson: Data mining your writing habits

Creativity and Productivity, Researching Historical Fiction, Women in the West

Louisa May Alcott’s running shoes

January 15, 2013April 15, 2020 Terri J Huck

Louisa May Alcott The January 2013 issue of Writer’s Digest has an article by Joy Lanzendorfer called “If Walls Could Talk” about her visits to literary sites. (The article isn’t available online, but you can buy a copy of the issue here. The section “Write That Novel” had a lot of good articles, too.) I… Continue reading Louisa May Alcott’s running shoes

Creativity and Productivity

The ultimate chatterbox

January 8, 2013November 20, 2016 Terri J Huck

If you’re wondering why I’m commenting on a TV show from 2005, it’s because I haven’t subscribed to cable TV in years. Just to watch a major network in my area requires a complex antenna arrangement, so I have gotten out of the habit of watching TV “live.” Instead, I rely on Netflix and the… Continue reading The ultimate chatterbox

Creativity and Productivity, Researching Historical Fiction, Writing/Rewriting

Why I’m blogging

January 1, 2013April 15, 2020 Terri J Huck

My friend caught me with my nose in James L. Swanson’s "Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer" after I’d told him I’d finished reading it. When I explained that I was now reading the footnotes, he gave me a look that said he couldn’t imagine anything duller and suggested that blogging might help with… Continue reading Why I’m blogging