The introduction of Happy Landings to the world has begun. Five weeks in, we have a feature article, two reviews, and one book talk accomplished. You will find links to all reviews and articles on the “Book and Events” page. I am especially glad for these published lines: And so, 20 years, 45 notebooks and … More Book Talk: Emilie Loring’s Biographer, Patti Bender
Happy Landings Goes to the Printer Welcome back from Thanksgiving week! I am happy to report that Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom has gone to the printer. It’s going to be a pretty book: sky-blue jacket wrapped around a flag-blue hardcover with silver lettering. I can’t wait to hold it in my … More ‘Tis the Season: Happy Landings and a New Quiz
“History is not only an accounting of past events, but also a reflection of the thoughts and feelings which accompanied those events…” … More Friends Along the East Blue Hill Road
Yes, I know. The ink is not yet wet on copies of Happy Landings: Emilie Loring’s Life, Writing, and Wisdom, and I’m thinking about what comes next. Emilie did that, too: The morning after I turn in a manuscript to my publisher I start another novel just so I won’t forget how it is done.” … More After Happy Landings, “Emilie Loring’s New England”
You’re browsing the shelves in a bookstore. You hope a book will capture your imagination and beg you to take it home with you. But before it can capture your imagination, first it has to capture your attention. How can it do that? I had to adjust my thinking when we first started to design … More When the Book Cover is Your Only Clue
There’s something about the first of anything–a sense of witnessing, a curious feeling of participation, even if the “first” was created before we were born. … More With Compliments: First Books and Their Inscriptions
The Emilie Loring Collection 