Author: Cliff

>The B&B in Middlebury (The Swift House Inn) was nice–a great place to relax after the long drive north. After a good night’s sleep,…

>I leave for Bread Loaf early Tuesday morning. The conference doesn’t start until Wednesday evening, but it’s a long drive and I didn’t want…

>. . . dog kenneling, trash recycling, gas tank filling, tire rotating, lawn mowing, fridge emptying, clothes washing, mail stopping, story submitting, hard-drive up-backing,…

>Titles. Did you see “Titles That Didn’t Smell as Sweet” in the New York Times today? I wish it had stuck with book titles,…

>The September 2006 issue of The Atlantic Monthly includes a brief review (in “New Fiction”) by Elizabeth Judd of Claire Messud’s new novel (due…

>I worked last night at the Augusta County Fair, at the Augusta County Democratic Committee booth. Since our district did not manage to find…

>This might be a case of a little knowledge being dangerous. I understand, or have lately come to understand, the value of phrasal adjectives….

>Issue 21 is live at FailBetter.com.

>PeaceCorpsWriters.org has announced its annual awards, for books published in 2005. While you’re there, check out the latest issue.

>Unfortunately, revisions are a fact of the fiction writer’s life. You write a story, edit it to your satisfaction, and send it out into…