I couldn't get focused that night, a little because of writer's block, but mostly because I was itching to get the hell out of freezing cold New York.
Known as the Golfo dei Poeti because centuries of writers have sought inspiration in the area's natural beauty, this rugged coastline has dozens of inlets and sandy beaches tucked among pastel-painted fishing villages.
The resolution failed because a number of writers walked out when it was introduced, leaving the session without a quorum.
The first is, of course, because the emergence of writers of talent, integrity, distinction, wit, vision, and imagination is always a cause for celebration, and, in these dark times, no opportunity to celebrate should be allowed to slip by.
"The fact is that it is rarely effective to bank unproduced TV scripts, because the staff of writers will be needed to rewrite them during production," they said.
This is probably because a lot of writers of romance don't watch much porn.
Mr. Auster said he would not visit the country "because of imprisoned journalists and writers".
We always had a lot of writers because my husband worshiped the word.
The Guild agreed, in addition, to oppose the blacklisting of writers because of their political views, as long as those views do not violate the law.
The literary preoccupations, however, are surprising because they juxtapose appreciations of writers as different, or as seemingly different, as Joseph Conrad and Mario Puzo.
Jane Street, nicknamed "author's row" a decade ago because of the plethora of writers who lived there, might well be re-christened "hedge-fund row" if the trend persists.
