What I Learned from Feedblitz
{This article originally appeared as a guest blog post on the Feedblitz Blog, owned and operated by Phil Hollows. I’m reprinting it this week as a part of my ongoing discussion of earning a [...]
It Takes a Village
It’s a new look here at The Writing Life, all in anticipation of the May 2013 release of my first book, Flashes of War. A lot of you have been asking how you can help this book become a [...]
The Writing on the Wall
There’s no denying it. Writers need to be able to write on walls. We like to tack stuff up, smudge things out, organize and then rearrange notes. What kinds of notes? Bar napkins, scrap [...]
Campus Life
It’s hard to deny–being on campus feels good. I’ve heard late-night hip hop blasting from high, Virginia brick buildings. I’ve attended a chamber music concert. I’ve [...]
Verlyn Klinkenborg and Liberated Writing
Every Emerging Writer at Randolph College teaches the same 1-credit course, but each writer gets to design the course according to his or her interests and strengths. With a title like [...]
Randolph College Emerging Writer
This weekend, for my 34th birthday, I got to wake up in a new place: a writer’s apartment on the campus of Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia. Yes, I took my life off the road. Yes, I [...]
Small Post Office Closings: Our Fight for Micaville, NC
I’ve heard rumblings for over a year now that our Micaville Post Office at the intersection of Highway 19E and 80S in Yancey County, North Carolina, might be closed. So you can bet when I [...]
Sneak Preview of Flashes of War
I’m very pleased to be able to share the first full length story in my forthcoming collection, Flashes of War. This was published recently by Hot Metal Bridge, the literary magazine of the [...]
