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Literary NFL, and Other News
By
Sadie Stein
February 5, 2013
On the Shelf
“The Ravens’ lack of interest thus far in supporting the city’s literary legacy is a travesty.” The Super Bowl doesn’t help
Poe
!
“Ladies and gentlemen, your Literary National Football League.” (And
more
!)
Speaking of (sort of)
fictional characters inspired by real people
…
Doodling and Neuroscience 101.
Half of this sounds doable.
“Anthony Trollope, before he set off for his job at the GPO every day, would write three thousand words between 5:30 and 8:30
A. M.
. He kept his watch in front of him so he could achieve two hundred fifty words each quarter-hour. If he finished one novel before 8:30, he would instantly start the next one.” Don’t worry: not all
writers’ word-counts
are this
demoralizing
inspiring.
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