Sometimes I run across fine pieces of writing by writers for writers. And I feel that I they should be shared with . . . well, other writers. Enjoy, and stop back again. The list, I hope, will grow. – Damon
John Steinbeck’s letter to Pat Covici: “A book is like a man.” (New York, 1952)
Hunter S. Thompson’s indelible cover letter to the: (Vancouver Sun, 1958)
Annie Dillard’s incredible “Write Till You Drop” (New York Times, 1989)
Annie Proulx, on yard sales and the writing process (New York Times, 1999)
T.M. McNally “Describing an Other” (Greenbelt Review, 2005)
Benjamin Percy, a quick love letter to First Lines (Esquire, 2007)
Interesting dissection of Raymond Carver and his longtime editor, Gordon Lish (New Yorker, 2007)
101 Tips from the World’s Most Famous Authors (Onlinecollege.org, 2009)
Charlie Booker, on why writing is like cockroaches (Guardian, UK 2010)
Michael Cunningham, on how all writing is an act of translation (New York Times, 2010)
Greg Rucka rhapsodizes about the joys of researching a novel (io9 blog, 2010)
The Paris Review interview bank (pick a writer, pick a decade: go wild!)