Posted in Essays, Hating Your Book, Memoir Writing on Jun 5th, 2011
Even as accomplished a writer as Daniel Nester, the irreverent author of How to Be Inappropriate (love that title!), occasionally hates his manuscript. What follows is my interview with Nester about his writing—when it’s going well and, er . . . not so well. – Lynette What are you working on these days? I feel [...]
Posted in Essays, Higher Education, Memoir Writing, Personal Essays on Dec 8th, 2010
Is the mere fact of having reported to eleven bosses in eleven years at a single institution adequate grounds for leaving a very good job? For a long time, my husband didn’t think so. But, then, he didn’t have to weather all those transitions—nor deal with two of my bosses, whom I’ll generously call “difficult.” [...]
Posted in Essays, Higher Education on Mar 4th, 2010
When I started my blog here, just after this web site was created last fall, I made ill-considered promises about future posts. There would be honest writing; published writing; writing projects in progress; and examples of my rejected work, as well as my surmises about why that work had been rejected. I’ve done none of [...]
Posted in Essays, Higher Education on Oct 20th, 2009
I write a lot about work. I’m fascinated by the claims work makes on us, the crowds it places us in, the behavior it forces on and from us, and the madnesses, variously and usually unsuccessfully disguised, that we bring to work with us. I’ve written and published essays, articles, and an interview about aspects [...]
