This is the ninth installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. The mask in the center of the picture, the one with the eyebrows painted on, was created specifically for myContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.9”
Author Archives: Elizabeth
Masks and Words
In April, I set aside my writing work* to make room for my sewing machine, and I sewed a bunch of masks for family and friends. Making masks seemed like one of the few things that those of us who are not healthcare or grocery workers could do to help, and I’m glad I did.Continue reading “Masks and Words”
Books on the Shelf 1.8
This is the eighth installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. Would you like your very own Hedwig baby owl? Here she is, up close: I recommend a nice boucle yarnContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.8”
Books on the Shelf 1.7
This is the seventh installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. Anybody who’s talked books with me in the last year knows that my favorite book of all time is MadelineContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.7”
Books on the Shelf 1.6
This is the sixth installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. I really hope by the time I make it to installment 2.6 that this shelf will look very different. I’mContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.6”
This isn’t about the pandemic.
Well it is. And it’s not. I wasn’t going to post anything about the pandemic, because currently, we’re all being flooded with emails from corporate entities eager to tell us about how they offer 5 days of sick leave and a bottle of hand sanitizer to their employees (or they will once it’s not back-orderedContinue reading “This isn’t about the pandemic.”
Books on the Shelf 1.5
This is the fifth installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. Short commentary this time. Right there in the middle, in the shadows, is Gay Gavriel Kay’s Ysabel, which takes placeContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.5”
Books on the Shelf 1.4
This is the fourth installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. I’ve noticed something about Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy: a lot of wannabe sci-fi/fantasy writers love to hate on it. It’sContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.4”
Books on the Shelf 1.3
This is the third installment of my aptly-named series “Books on the Shelf,” in which I take any title or object from one of my lovingly alphabetized shelves and write a short post about it. (Yeah, I know, the mass markets throw off the alphabetizing scheme. I was running out of room so I stackedContinue reading “Books on the Shelf 1.3”
The Milford Method, Reconsidered
The Milford Method of critiquing has become so ubiquitous at writer’s conferences that it’s become the default. It’s also terribly flawed, and it needs serious reconsideration. There’s a lot to be said for the Milford Method, of course. Let’s pretend there’s a brand-new writer who’s never attended a critique group before. He has his shortContinue reading “The Milford Method, Reconsidered”
