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Veteran journalist Barbara Falconer Newhall riffs on life as she knows it.

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The Writing Room

I’m a writer who loves to talk about writing, so if you’re a writer or an aspiring writer I hope you'll stop by now and then and keep me company . . . You’ll find writing tips here as well as my thoughts on the writing life. Watch out, though. The Grammar Geek will be putting in her two cents from time to time.

The Writing Room: Writing Tips — Free for Nothing!

December 19, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

I just discovered a site called Nieman Storyboard — great tips for nonfiction writers

Lauren Winner: Seven Pithy Writing Tips From a Best-Selling Memoirist

November 22, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 2 Comments

Lauren Winner, author of the popular “Girl Meets God,” offers tips for writers.

The Writing Room: Writing Tips from Jasmin Darznik of “Good Daughter” Fame

November 9, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 1 Comment

Jasmin Darznik, author of "The Good Daughter" | Photo by Sarah Cramer Shields

Writing tips from Jasmin Darznik: “The big lie of memoir is that the story ends.” Read more.

The Writing Room: My Book’s Almost Done, Sorta

April 9, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 4 Comments

[caption id="attachment_4618" align="aligncenter" width="450"]My computer monitor in action. Photo by Bf Newhall My computer monitor the day before my mother broke her hip and brought progress on my book to a halt for a year. Photo by Barbara Newhall[/caption]

My book is close to done. I’ve been working on it for nigh on to 13 years now. Can’t imagine what it will feel like to have it done-ish. Read more.

How to Tell if You’re a Writer

March 25, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall Leave a Comment

A writer is someone who . . .

The Writing Room: Write About My Aging Mother? I Don’t Think So . . .

June 5, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 4 Comments

Ten reasons why I’m finding it impossible to write about my 92-year-old mother, even though she’s all I can think about right now . . . .

Why I Can’t Write My Memoir — Not the Part About My Mom Anyway

May 4, 2010 By Barbara Falconer Newhall 3 Comments

Leg cast for a woman, 92, with broken hip. Photo by BF Newhall

Driving home the other day from just one of countless visits to my mom at the hospital, I had to ask myself , why aren’t I writing about her? Read more.

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Actor Robert Morse – Sweaty at 36, Sublime at 83

A black and white photo of actor Robert Morse as a young comedian gawking for the camera.

The last time I saw Robert Morse there were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was 1967 and he was working the crowd on the set of a local TV comedy show. Robert Morse was on. He was going for laughs and he was going for them with the intensity of a rocket launch. He was doing what mid-life folks do – he was striving.

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