A monthly letter from Gotham’s president, Alexander Steele (writing advice and other musings)
We’ve got a blackboard in the Gotham office, where anyone can write a quote or statement.
Sometimes it’s about writing, but doesn’t have to be. Recently one of our interns put this up:
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
-Stephen King
It’s Halloween, so let’s discuss fear. Continue reading “Writers Fright”
Our lives consist mostly of uneventful moments unworthy of a story. Right?
Well, maybe not.
Sometimes those mundane moments turn out to be unexpectedly interesting. Continue reading “Sleep Interrupted”
Living in New York City, I come across famous people all the time and usually it’s no big deal. But every now and then I see someone that gives me a shiver of excitement. I once saw Julie Andrews in a dive bar, and Sam Shepard in a semi-elegant restaurant. It should have been the other way around, of course, but that’s what makes these two sightings memorable. Continue reading “True Craft”