Lit Bit: Tracks … Will End Up On My Best...

Savvy Verse and Wit is a blog dedicated to all literary and poetic works: critiques, reviews, editorial hints, and insights.

Earlier this year, Savvy Verse and Wit gave Tracks a glowing review.Â You can read it, and the conversation that resulted, at the following link.

http://savvyverseandwit.com/2012/01/tracks-by-eric-d-goodman.html

More recently, the literary blog interviewed me about my writing process, and all things literary. Some of the interesting questions involve my choice of Baltimore and the train itself as â€œcharactersâ€ in the book, how long it took from opening line to final project, and whether some of the characters surprised me. I also talk about some of the writers who inspire me (and who had kind things to say about my writing), and some other great novels in stories I enjoyed.

Find out how Franklin, the conductor, gave me an unexpected turn by reading the interview at the link below.

http://savvyverseandwit.com/2012/02/interview-with-eric-d-goodman-author-of-tracks.html

Eric D. Goodman, Books Correspondent

Eric's column, Lit Bit, is published every week to Gather Essentials: Books.Â Featuring bits on writing, writers, books, and literature, Lit Bit will fulfill your literary longings.

Eric is the author of Tracks: A Novel in Stories, published by Atticus Books and available at www.TracksNovel.com.

Learn about Eric's full-color, hardcover childrens' book Flightless Goose.

As a full time writer and editor, his work has appeared in a number of periodicals, including The Washington Post, The Baltimore Review, Writers Weekly, Barrelhouse, Potomac Review, Los Angeles Times, The Arabesques Review, The Pedestal Magazine, The Potomac, JMWW, Grub Street, Freshly Squeezed, Scribble, Slow Trains, Whatever Literary Journal, San Francisco Book Review, Sacramento Book Review, Smile Hon Youâ€™re In Baltimore, Read Street, On Stage Magazine, Four-Cornered Universe, To Be Read Aloud, Neck of My Guitar, Travel Insights, Coloquio, Life in Me Like Grass on Fire, and New Lines from the Old Line State: An Anthology of Maryland Writers.

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