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The eastern shore of Lake Michigan has the most extensive system of freshwater dunes in the world. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is part of the National Park System and hosts more than 1 [...]

More soon…I’m on Spring Break so chilling out a little but I went to the DUNES today and will post about that shortly.

The short version is this: 4 rejections in 1 week. Waitlisted at Anderson Center. No from Ox-Bow for the summer fellowships (but still under consideration for fall). No from Webb School (but a [...]

A friend of mine is conducting research on artist’s processes. I don’t reflect on my own writing process too often, so I enjoyed the opportunity to do so. Maybe others out there will feel [...]

This is entirely out of context, but I’m going to post it anyway because I’m having a hard time writing nonfiction about something that I’m currently trying to write in fiction. Also, I just want [...]

Today I went to a US Army recruitment office to conduct a little research for a short story I’m writing. What an experience (to say the least)! I’ll post more about it in a day or [...]

Not much to report by way of reflection for week 9 in this writer’s life “in residence.” I made it through filing 3rd quarter grades with much less struggle than one might have anticipated. This, [...]

Yesterday I hiked the shore of Green Lake as far as I could (without trespassing) in search of the mysterious “singing ice cones.” There is a phenomenon here in the North Country that occurs [...]

Nesting in a new place always involves special attention to my writing desk. Here in Cabin L2 at Interlochen, my desk sits midway between the “living room” and the “dining room,” which are, in [...]

Writing: Current # of submissions out there: 16 Current # of residency apps out there: 8 Current # of creative pieces forthcoming: 3 Current # of lit editing-related works forthcoming: 3 Mind: [...]