June 2013
58 posts
Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks
“The Kinks’ ‘Waterloo Sunset’ is like a secret that you want to share far and wide, a song about not needing friends just as you realize how much you need friends, a song that taught this writer a thing or two about emotional connection and atmosphere and what it feels like to fall in love with other people’s love.”
Read more of Richard Melo’s original essay on the Powell’s blog: http://powells.us/14GDMpt
“We writers are a whiny lot. And not everyone likes to listen.”
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I’m blogging at Powell’s this week. I answered a few questions about writing, specifically sharing your work with your comrades and using outlines. Feel free to ask more! (via jamiatt)
Happy to have Jami Attenberg guest-blogging this week!