It’s my last night in North Carolina before this “year or two on the road” technically begins. The obvious question is: How did I get here? First, I was laid off from my part-time job slinging [...]
Another cold front blew in Saturday morning with 3-5” of snow predicted for the high country. I left Celo early for the house on Fork Mountain, hoping to hike up and open the taps to keep the [...]
Preparing a syllabus and course pack for my upcoming Fiction Workshop at Interlochen, I decided to read John Gardner’s apparently sacred text: The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young [...]