Tag: hand
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September 20, 2022
“The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.” A writer friend received this fortune years ago. It seems like pretty profound writing advice, if you ask me. I’ve just finished a rewrite of a novel. “Make it a light; make this story a light someone can hold in their hands.” That’s what…
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October 16, 2018
At the Boston Book Festival last weekend, a small boy holding a copy of Because of Winn-Dixie came up to me and said, “Can you hold my hand and sign this book, too? Both things at the same time?” I said, “I think I can do that.” I held out my left hand to the…