Author: paretsky
June 1, 2010
Air and Rice
I took a week away from the computer and it was very restful. I’m trying to work out ways to focus more on my writing, less on anxiety and the […]
READ MOREMay 24, 2010
The Copy-Editor’s Revenge
After writing in here about my editing woes, I thought I’d give Shakespeare’s copy editor, channeled here by Rowan Atkinson, a chance to reply:
READ MOREMay 24, 2010
Hardball-Coming July 31 in Paperback
Hardball, which was one of 2009’s five “most mesmerizing mysteries,” according to National Public Radio, will be out in paper on July 31.
READ MOREMay 21, 2010
As Granny used to say…
A friend of mine wrote recently, and said, “‘It’s a great life, if you don’t weaken,’ as my grandmother used to say.” The images that conjured up were somewhat terrifying, […]
READ MOREMay 10, 2010
Towards a theory of writing
Thank you all for your good wishes on my previous post. I’m back from a marathon weekend in Massachusettswith my independent editor. We worked until two every morning going through the […]
READ MOREMay 6, 2010
Potholes in the Road
I’ve been bumping through a few potholes lately, which is why my posts are sporadic. Minor ones–my husband was pickpocketed as he got off a commuter train in downtown Chicago. […]
READ MOREApril 22, 2010
Art, 2, Market, Zero
When the Pulitzer Prizes were announced last week, there were two wonderful surprises. The Prize in Editorial cartooning went to San Francisco’s Mark Fiore, and the Prize in Fiction went […]
READ MOREApril 8, 2010
Reeling and Writhing
Tony Kushner was speaking on the University of Chicago campus the other night. He’s a very animated speaker, interesting to listen to, and incredibly thoughtful. The University theater is staging […]
READ MOREMarch 26, 2010
And the Winner Is…
I turned in my manuscript, I went to Crimea, I had my tooth implant–but I haven’t forgotten the Book Title Contest. First, the bad news. My editors preferred Body Work, […]
READ MOREMarch 23, 2010
Why I Can’t Write a Book Every Year
One of the questions I get almost every place I go is a request to describe my work day. When I was young, it was action packed. I wrote 4000 […]
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