Ask the Author: Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
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Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
I read the lectionary, a bit of the paper, a few pages of whatever is on the bedside table, and sit down at the computer. Or I listen and gather my favorite phrases and take them home.
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
One short book, "Where the Eye Alights," and one longer book--a kind of sequel to Caring for Words.
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Play with words. Love them. Think concentrically. Read regularly and appreciate others' writing. Write short things when you can't write long things. Apprentice yourself for a while to the writers you most admire. Sit with sentences and notice what they do before moving on. Say thank you frequently when good words come.
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Playing with words, discovering words, giving words as gifts, letting words come when I need them, watching which words show up and hang around when I'm emerging from my quiet spaces, taking pleasure in other people's words, gleaning phrases, resting in good sentences.
Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
I write lists. Or I read. Or do the dishes and come back. Or find a phrase I like and write a few sentences about it.
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