My young cousin Alé Coniglio wrote this as a report for her English professor in San Giovanni, Sicily. I’m so honored: My special American cousin 1. Camille’s first visit to Sicily. 2. Camille’s novels. 3. Camille’s passion. 4. A very big meeting. 1.Camille is my special American cousin. She lives in San Francisco with her […]

Males muse on women – can you guess the authors of these 2 passages?

I’m running a series of posts of several authors’ Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. These rules were all published in an article in the Guardian, February, 2010. Can’t say I agree with all the rules, but it’s interesting to read—one writer’s bete noir is sometimes another’s signature prose. So don’t take them tooooo seriously: Helen […]

I’m running a series of posts of several authors’ Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. These rules were all published in an article in the Guardian, February, 2010. Can’t say I agree with all the rules, but it’s interesting to read—one writer’s bete noir is sometimes another’s signature prose. So don’t take them tooooo seriously: Roddy […]

I’m running a series of posts of several authors’ Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. These rules were all published in an article in the Guardian, February, 2010. Can’t say I agree with all the rules, but it’s interesting to read—one writer’s bete noir is sometimes another’s signature prose. So don’t take them tooooo seriously: Jonathan […]

I’m running a series of posts of several authors’ Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. These rules were all published in an article in the Guardian, February, 2010. Can’t say I agree with all the rules, but it’s interesting to read—one writer’s bete noir is sometimes another’s signature prose. So don’t take them tooooo seriously: Richard […]

Neil Gaiman, author, Neverwhere and American Gods 1 Write. 2 Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down. 3 Finish what you’re writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it. 4 Put it aside. Read it pretending you’ve never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion […]

David Hare, playwright, The Vertical Hour 1 Write only when you have something to say. 2 Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome. 3 Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it. 4 If nobody will put your play on, put it on […]

I’m running a series of posts of several authors’ Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. These rules were all published in an article in the Guardian, February, 2010. Can’t say I agree with all the rules, but it’s interesting to read—one writer’s bete noir is sometimes another’s signature prose. So don’t take them tooooo seriously: Here’s […]

I’m running a series of posts of several authors’ Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. These rules were all published in an article in the Guardian, February, 2010. Can’t say I agree with all the rules, but it’s interesting to read—one writer’s bete noir is sometimes another’s signature prose. So don’t take them tooooo seriously: Margaret […]

Writing as Refuge – Confronting and Transforming Loss Sunday, August 1 10 am – 5 pm Anyone who writes, professionally or informally, experiences how it taps a different brain from the everyday one. Invariably, the writing space, entered as in meditation, allows loss and submerged pain to float to surface. Writers often face these feelings, […]

That is a question . . . which for academics has long been an imperative, and which may explain in part why academic writing is widely considered off the scales on the Fog Index. Forced to write is like being force to eat or read.

From VIA Magazine – 2002 or so Double or nothing by Camille Cusumano I wanted to gaze at the forest-clad shoreline of San Juan, the second largest island in Washington’s archipelago, the San Juans, from a single kayak. But no local outfit would take me out in a single. They’re less stable than double kayaks […]

From VIA Magazine – 1999 or so I watched Sarah take the cure along Big Sur’s Pine Ridge Trail.For several years, her husband Arnie—my cousin—and I have backpacked into the mountains of California. For a week my cousin drops his corporate persona and becomes a regular backwoods guy. Sarah lives each trip through the opportunistic […]

This was part of a big roundup on Vegas researched with the whole VIA Magazine staff – great trip. March/April 2005 – VIA Magazine – check into below for updates Downtown strip of Vegas at night How To Bring Down The House By Camille Cusumano 2 A.M. I could have sung “New York, New York” […]