Tag: dickens
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December 19, 2023
Every year, I read Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and every year, it convinces me that it is never too late to change. In the same way, I remember reading Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia for the first time, encountering this sentence: “He felt there in the teachers’ room that it was the beginning of…
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March 5, 2020
I was in the grocery store last week when someone stopped me and said, “I saw your Facebook post with the writing tips, and I noticed that you said ‘rewrite,’ but I wondered: do you reread?” It’s a great question. And the short answer is: yes. I reread. The long(er) answer is: I reread now…
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December 29, 2015
I’ve gotten into the habit over the last few years of re-reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol during the holidays. I read it because it makes me laugh and because it moves me and because it teaches me about the human heart. I’ve got several different copies of the book, but the one I keep…
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December 31, 2013
A few nights ago, I woke up around one in the morning and could not go back to sleep. I stared owl-eyed into the darkness for quite some time; and then I gave up and turned on the light and picked up the book that was on the floor by the bed. The book was…