Marginalia and coastal field notes

Tides and timberlines in northern journals

Revisiting the rocky headlands that inspired the second act of the winter novel. Salt-stiffened notebooks and the slow accumulation of weather over three weeks of solitary walking.

On the cadence of a difficult sentence

Why certain dialogues must be spoken aloud in an empty room before they earn their place on the page. Eliminating modifiers until the rhythm stands bare and enduring.

Upcoming bookstore readings and lectures

The Book Cellar — Portland, Maine. An evening reading from the new manuscript drafts, followed by an open discussion on narrative geography.

October 14, Seven in the evening

Common Ground Books — Burlington, Vermont. Reading group notes discussion and a short lecture on the architecture of historical fiction.

November 03, Six-thirty in the evening

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