Oct 31 2007
I’m at home today with nothing better to do than post stuff like this. I found a WordPerfect file on — get this — a floppy disk I found buried in a box full of computer cables. The file is dated February 1999. I was probably writing an undergraduate philosophy paper. Here’s the [...]
May 03 2007
UPDATE (Oct. 30/08): Apparently he died yesterday. I’m saddened by the news. See William Wharton, 1925-2008.
William Wharton is the author of Birdy, Dad, A Midnight Clear, and many other excellent books. He has written non-fiction, too, including Ever After: A Father’s True Story, a heart-wrenching account of how his daughter’s family got killed [...]
Nov 22 2005
“So you’re a writer,” an examing physician remarked jovially to the late, great novelist Margaret Laurence. “When I retire, I intend to become a writer myself.” To which Margaret replied, cheerfully, “Yes, and when I retire, I intend to become a brain surgeon.”
That’s from Pierre Berton’s The Joy of Writing, which I began reading [...]
