Writer’s Block. Those dreaded words no writer likes to hear. We sympathize with those who have it, we look for support when we’ve got it ourselves. It seems like writer’s block is inevitable, but here are three things I use to help myself when I’ve got it – and hopefully…
Month: February 2012
Writing to Music
Nothing beats writing to a good soundtrack. Great songs have gotten me through the worst days of my life, and have complimented some of my best moments. I might carry a pen and notebook with me almost everywhere, but I am absolutely addicted to my iPod. I have a ridiculous…
Long River Review Interviews Bessy Reyna (2012)
Bessy Reyna is the author of two bilingual books of poetry, The Battlefield of Your Body (Hill-Stead Museum, 2005) and Memoirs of the Unfaithful Lover/ Memorias de la amante infiel (tunAstral, A.C., 2010, Toluca Mexico). Her poetry can be found in numerous anthologies, including El Coro: A Chorus of Latino…
You Can’t Appreciate a Book as an E-Book
The first time I read Jane Eyre was through Project Gutenberg, on my laptop. My friends all asked how I could read for that long on a computer screen; I replied that it did not bother me, that I was used to it because I prefer to read for…
Books That Aren’t Famous (But Should Be)
I read weird books. Books that most people–even people who love to read–have never heard of and really should have. There are two trilogies in particular that I really think ought to be much more well-known than they are, and yes, they are YA series. I don’t care; they’re still…