A brilliant and timeless classic that is about so much more than a game
John McPhee wrote one of the great tennis books of all time. It is about so much more than a game.
All posts tagged: Writing
Writing a present
Sometimes others see things in your writing that are not always obvious as you put pen to paper.
Observations from . . . August 2025
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during August 2025.
Conversations with writers: 2024
A summary of my 2024 discussions with five different authors about their most recent works.
Talking with writers
A summary of my 2023 discussions with seven different authors about their most recent works.
Who gets to tell the stories?
Robyn Ryle goes on book tour with Ernest Hemingway in a new anthology on playing authors.
Letter to the world
Where I discuss “why” this newsletter exists.
Searching for the right word
On finally deciding to drop an old, clunky, unattractive word from my vocabulary.
If this was lost, let us all be lost always
For poet Mary Oliver, attention is the beginning of devotion.
A love letter to readers
When writers say they don’t care about feedback (or sales), they are probably lying.
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