nd in her cottage at MacDowell was just what she needed: working 12 hours a day, she produced four paintings during her two-month stay.Lucinda Franks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, came to MacDowell to write her long-avoided novel, and was pleased with the result. ???For the first time in many years, I have absolutely nothing to write about except what???s inside my own head,??? she wrote. ??