by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 2, 2015 | Writing
“For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of the battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.” —John CheeverSometimes a strong noun or verb is insufficient to evoke much in our...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 14, 2014 | Writing
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero In an earlier post, I talked about squeezing by-products from your creative work. This time it’s squeezing by-products from others’ creative work, i.e. their books. I...