News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #166…

The roller coaster. I don’t know about where you are, but here in Montclair, NJ, we had three days of subfreezing weather, a few days like spring, and then back to winter—up and down we went, confusing all the flora and fauna and making people sick. Mother Earth seems fickle some times, so be careful, everyone. Extreme weather conditions aren’t to be trifled with.

Hemingway and Orwell. According to an article in today’s NY Times, they had works rejected by agents or publishers. Melville was a...