Marly Youmans's Blog, page 80
October 2, 2013
A backward glance...
What fun!
Christina Wilder reviewed Val/Orson... and put dreamy forest pictures with her words. I didn't even know this site existed, though it seems very bustling and active. It's another reader-as-reviewer site, only each review gets its own page, and Christina has illustrated the page with appropriate pictures. Anybody know anything about it?
Val/Orson is out of print now, but it'll be
Christina Wilder reviewed Val/Orson... and put dreamy forest pictures with her words. I didn't even know this site existed, though it seems very bustling and active. It's another reader-as-reviewer site, only each review gets its own page, and Christina has illustrated the page with appropriate pictures. Anybody know anything about it?
Val/Orson is out of print now, but it'll be
October 1, 2013
Marly in fall--
One more deadline to go, and then I'll have a breather and welcome my husband back from his v-trip. (So far it is Vienna, Venice, Verona, etc.--and yes, I am a bit green!)
While he was off at a conference and then being a tourist, I have judged several contests, turned in a poetry ms., dealt with painters and carpenter and child no. 3 and gone for much dogwalking with Susquehanna the
While he was off at a conference and then being a tourist, I have judged several contests, turned in a poetry ms., dealt with painters and carpenter and child no. 3 and gone for much dogwalking with Susquehanna the
September 27, 2013
The David Gilmour Flap
Writing room with books, rocks, and birds
Has everybody on earth who has read a book now weighed in on the puckish, contrarian David Gilmour and his interview? No. I have not. I may be the last one.
Here I weigh in
I like the idea of a department having at least one teacher who is wild about his reading and talks about stories from a writer's point of view, and I hope that his enthusiasm
Has everybody on earth who has read a book now weighed in on the puckish, contrarian David Gilmour and his interview? No. I have not. I may be the last one.
Here I weigh in
I like the idea of a department having at least one teacher who is wild about his reading and talks about stories from a writer's point of view, and I hope that his enthusiasm
September 26, 2013
Cooperstown anecdote, with baseball and opera--
Dear blogaholics,
Apologies for being overwhelmed by having to judge contests, revise a novel in short order, finish another manuscript, get the house repaired, and be a single mother, all in a few weeks while my husband is in Austria. I've been posting at facebook, twitter, and the new tumblr site (see links in upper left column), as those only take a minute to dash off. But here's a little
Apologies for being overwhelmed by having to judge contests, revise a novel in short order, finish another manuscript, get the house repaired, and be a single mother, all in a few weeks while my husband is in Austria. I've been posting at facebook, twitter, and the new tumblr site (see links in upper left column), as those only take a minute to dash off. But here's a little
September 23, 2013
In print, all in one spot--
In answer to various people who've asked about what is in print, how to get books, or how to get some book in particular (I get that a lot on the small press books), here's what I know about my 2011-12 books. I'm putting it all in one place and shall put up a rickety little sign with a hand and pointing finger...
For review clips, please use the tabs at the top of the page.
Narratives of two
For review clips, please use the tabs at the top of the page.
Narratives of two
September 21, 2013
Recommended: Marilynne Robinson interview
Art in the interview
by Denise Nestor--go see and read!
I have finished work on two poetry contests and am moving on to make a change in a novel that I thought was finished long ago (changed my mind!); pressure from many deadlines having slackened a little, early this morning I rambled about the net for half an hour. And in my wanderings, I found something to recommend.
I suggest that you
by Denise Nestor--go see and read!
I have finished work on two poetry contests and am moving on to make a change in a novel that I thought was finished long ago (changed my mind!); pressure from many deadlines having slackened a little, early this morning I rambled about the net for half an hour. And in my wanderings, I found something to recommend.
I suggest that you
September 20, 2013
Nose pressed to the grindstone--ouch!
As I am still in the throes of reading manuscripts for contests and after that shall be doing a hasty burnish on a novel, please go and skim about the blog of Fritteria, who has a passel of quick posts in queue. You'll see lots of images from and notes about some interesting friends and acquaintances of mine.
http://marlyyoumans.tumblr.com/.
http://marlyyoumans.tumblr.com/.
September 17, 2013
A case of the fritters
Christine de Pizan
Uh-oh.
This is the kind of terrible thing that happens
when you have read a manuscript twice in a row
and don't quite feel like starting on the third go,
and your brain feels too worn and stupid
to start other scribal duties.
Frittering!
Uh-oh.
This is the kind of terrible thing that happens
when you have read a manuscript twice in a row
and don't quite feel like starting on the third go,
and your brain feels too worn and stupid
to start other scribal duties.
Frittering!
September 16, 2013
Book-tour-and-collaboration friends--
Marly with Nathan Ballingrud at Malaprop's. Photo by Paul Digby.
Here are a few of the promised pictures from the August book tour--one from my reading with Nathan Balingrud at Malaprop's in Asheville, and several with the Digbys in front of my family home in Cullowhee. My mother made a splendid lunch for us all.
Lynn Digby and Marly. Photo by Paul Digby.
Lynn and Paul drove all the way
Here are a few of the promised pictures from the August book tour--one from my reading with Nathan Balingrud at Malaprop's in Asheville, and several with the Digbys in front of my family home in Cullowhee. My mother made a splendid lunch for us all.
Lynn Digby and Marly. Photo by Paul Digby.
Lynn and Paul drove all the way
September 12, 2013
Undone--
Laughing! @Malaprop's, August 2013
Or, the Fear of Spontaneous Combustion!
I'll be off blogging for a little while longer, as I have a long manuscript to polish and a book contest and an anthology contest to judge, all due before the end of the month. Please whisk about in past posts if you feel like reading the blog, and let me know if you find in gold in the far hills.
Or, the Fear of Spontaneous Combustion!
I'll be off blogging for a little while longer, as I have a long manuscript to polish and a book contest and an anthology contest to judge, all due before the end of the month. Please whisk about in past posts if you feel like reading the blog, and let me know if you find in gold in the far hills.
