Category: Books
Book Review: Big Magic Waves Its Wand
Finding this book at the perfect moment proves one of its central theories: that inspiration shows up exactly when we need it. Read More …
The Satisfaction of Print
There’s nothing like the feel and smell of a real book. Read More …
Holiday Book List 2015
Four novels and one non-fiction read made this year’s list. Read More …
Books Last; Grade School Doesn’t
Books are permanent. Fourth and fifth grade are fleeting and temporary. Both are a very good thing. Read More …
Shaping our Lives: It’s all in the Details
It’s hard to see what details are really important to the big picture, except in hindsight. Read More …
Olympic Sailing: Where Fiction Meets Fact
How a book club discussion made me realize something new about a story. Read More …
Holiday Book List 2013
Books for the 2013 holidays, and beyond… Read More …
Book Review: Sipping “Spilled Coffee”
J.B. Chicoine’s latest provides a steady drip of a story. Read More …
Why it Took 18 Years to Write Game of Sails
A book from my past took over my present, and now it will live on in the future. Read More …
Ideas are the Easy Part: Teaching with Cape Cod Surprise
Yesterday I visited the Bourne Middle School, writing Oliver-based stories in cooperation with about 230 fifth graders—who fortunately were divided across five forty minute periods, and well-supervised by their teachers. First the kids chose a starting and ending point for Read More …
