Category Archives: Writing

One Flew …

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Today, I just want to share this link, a poignant letter author Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) wrote to five dear friends after his son died: click here.

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Case of the Missing Timeline

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

The novel I’m writing has a lot going on over the course of a year across seven characters’ intertwined lives. I have managed the timeline very carefully, double-checking myself with each new scene. A cheat-sheet of dates and events and … Continue reading →

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Author Connections at “Books In Boothbay 2012”

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

A happy, noisy, interactive book event occurs on a Saturday each summer at the Railway Village in Boothbay, Maine. I’ve been twice now, each time with the same friend–so it’s now an annual routine for us (right?). She goes because … Continue reading →

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Write Poetry with Your Bookshelf

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Take another look at the titles on your bookshelf (#bookspinepoetry). Do some of them speak to you beyond describing the book itself? They will for sure if you start thinking about them in poems of your own making. I’ve done … Continue reading →

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Humorous Editing Symbols

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

For you in the book- or magazine-editing world, this will tickle. (As with the Shakespeare info posted June 21, I grabbed this visual from one of the newsletters from the Maine Writers and Publishers Association. Neither the editor, Joshua Bodwell, … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Way with Words

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

I have to pass this along. Newsletter editor Joshua Bodwell just supplied the below image as part of this week’s newsletter from the Maine Writers and Publishers Association. I don’t know whom to credit for the original image, but enjoy!

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Friends Reunite to Talk Writing, Reading

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Last Sunday brought together eight of us from last summer’s Stonecoast Writers’ Conference / Novel Writing class. (I wrote about the Stonecoast experience in blog entries on July 22 and July 25, 2011.) Sunday’s reunion occurred thanks to the instigation … Continue reading →

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Karen ‘Writes the Book’ on Bully-Proofing, Part 2

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Almost ten months have passed since I posted Part 1 on this topic, on April 29, 2011. Time for an update! Cutting to the chase for the time period, I must announce that Karen and GW-1 (Ghostwriter 1) recently parted … Continue reading →

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Graciousness in Author Johanna Moran

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

Instead of a reading (though it was offered) and instead of a podium-style speech (too much standing), author Johanna Moran gave a recent bookstore audience a talk-show experience. This was the first time I’d gone to one of these author … Continue reading →

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Progress on First Novel, Part 2

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Meredith Ann Rutter

This picture represents the stage I’m in with my first novel, which is entering its sixth draft. The flowers, perky and well-defined, are the plot points and characters; the pond, housing myriad underwater minerals and plants and animals, is the … Continue reading →

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