April 20 is the “official” launch of Saluting the Sun, but it is available now in paperback (in addition to previously released electronic version). Click through from my site, or go to amazon.com (use your smile account!). 10% of my proceeds benefit LAF, the largest provider of free civil legal services to the underserved of […]
So happy to be working with web designer Tom Kepler on a redesign of maryhutchingsreed.com/~maryhutc. His tagline is “Clean Design is Fun,” and working with him has taught me a lot about how to use my site to better advantage, and to make it more interesting and easily navigable for my readers. Look for my […]
“Someday is now.” That’s attorney Ruth Kaufman’s motto, but ironically, her “now” is 1453, Henry VI is king, and what we now call the Wars of the Roses will soon begin. The king sends Sir Nicholas Gray to protect the recently widowed lady Amice Winfield from undesirable suitors. Though Nicholas is intrigued by her (and […]
Susie Isaacs and David Robson from Ampersand told me that Saluting the Sun is now available for Kindle on amazon.com. We’re hoping to get 20+ reviews on amazon suring this “soft launch” period. right now, only $3.99! To encourage you to read and review!
My retirement party, hosted by Brian Heidelberger, was so much fun! Thanks to all who attended, both from Winston, and all the firms and places old “Sidleys” ended up. This is the Winston group as it now stands, stronger than ever! Steve and me now “emeritus”–proud parents!!
You think by now we’d be over it. How many times have we been told, it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game? That we play for the love of the game, that even reputedly “very talented” teams can hit a losing streak?
Delay. Delay. Delay. Some say it’s the essence of dramatic writing. Unlike expository writing, where the first sentence of each paragraph pretty much sums up the point to be made, each sentence in dramatic writing leads the reader to the next sentence so that the reader is forced to read on — […]
At the Chicago Writers Conference last weekend, author and teacher Eric Charles May gave a talk about causality in fiction. He said that we all tolerate accidents in real life, and while we may ask “Why?” or “Why me?” at various crises in our lives, we inevitably must accept that at times there are no […]
A good writing conference energizes and inspires as well as providing new information, or at least old information in a fresh way. Chicago Writers Conference, which wrapped up today, was a great writing conference. Speakers were candid, generous and actually concerned, it seemed, with sharing information rather than gratifying their own egos. While shattering dreams […]