Revising the Novel: Printing the Pages
Writing is a physical act; it is three-dimensional. It can’t be limited to the distance between eyes to screen, fingertips to keyboard. It can’t be limited to the space between [...]
Jogging Writer: No Sprain, No Gain?
It finally happened. I’m running along, happy as can be, and the goats are up on the hillside doing their goat thing. They meeaa-aa-aa at me. I meeaa-aa-aa back at them. Around [...]
Revising the Novel: The Comfort of 1st Person
I have written about 170 pages of the 4th revision of my novel and put about 3 years of work into the project as a whole. If I had to guess, I’d say that about 40-50 pages need to be [...]
Get Flashy in July
I’m pleased to announce that the next offering of my popular Weekly Flashes program will be this July. I’m taking sign-ups for this program right now, which involves 1 prompt (plus [...]
War Lit Wrap-Up at #AWP15
#AWP15 was a whirlwind in the best possible ways, as I found myself in a family of more than 30 war lit authors, veteran authors, veteran bloggers, and veteran teachers. In contrast to [...]
War Lit at #AWP15
There’s a first for everything. For me, that means this week I will be presenting on a panel of award-winning authors at the largest conference for writers in the world. While I’ve [...]
Jogging Writer: Training Plan Between Races
I ate whatever I wanted after the race. This included coconut milk ice cream and sweet potato fries. Today, I made a batch of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies. While I’m not one for [...]
