Category: Composing

The Lost Wax Process

May 7, 2019
ComposingWriting
Comments Off

Photo by Florencia Potter on Unsplash   If you’re born a lemon-head, make lemonade. (Note to subscribers: due to the demands of my current book project, I will no longer post every Tuesday)   I. Growing up my parents often smiled, saying, “You’re so smart!” It gave me a warm sensation in the pit of my stomach. Yet…

Read More

Ghost Writer

November 11, 2010
ComposingMemoirWriting
Comments Off

I hear voices. Scornful voices. In my head. They whisper –“You’re not a real writer.” ”No one’s published your book. You’ve never written for the New York Times or the New Yorker. Real writers…”  I do my best to ignore them and keep writing. The same voices used to say, “You’re not a real composer. You’ve never received…

Read More

Practice Makes….More Practice

August 17, 2010
ComposingWriting
Comments Off

FLOW I’ve long been fascinated by the mystery of creativity. I witnessed the home births of my sons, the uncanny, inexplicable, OK, miraculous fact of holding against your chest a being that a half hour ago was invisible, silent, sightless, unbreathing. Something you helped make, that’s part of you, yet also completely separate. The ultimate magician’s…

Read More

Nothing’s Good Enough

August 11, 2010
ComposingWriting
Comments Off

Nothing’s Good Enough Posted by John Manchester on August 11, 2010 at 3:00pm View Blog EDITOR’S PICK AUGUST 11, 2010 7:02AM RATE: 24 Flag  I quit. I give up. Nothing’s good enough for anybody else it seems. -Edie Brickell, “Circle of Friends.” Everyday just as I was getting to work composing my boss came in and started…

Read More
Social media & sharing icons powered by UltimatelySocial