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Well folks: It’s been another productive day here at VCCA. And tonight? A dance party in a visual artist’s studio. Freshly painted canvases on the wall, a playlist from the NEA genius, and all [...]

Two more submissions sent out. Finished a book, read more of another one. Started still another one. Wrote the bridge to a three-part lyric essay. Wrote some silly micro essays. Petted horses, [...]

Sent out 6 more submissions today. Read half a book. Started reading another literary journal. Went on two long walks. Got sunburned. Drank wine. Went trainspotting.

Last night I found my people…Songs, laughter, wine, whiskey. Tonight, someone’s organized a Salaon/Open Mic with 3 minutes per person. We’ll have a trombone player perform, an Afghani guitar [...]

More breaking news: 1. My first every short-short (fiction) has been accepted and will be published in Cold Flashes, an anthology about Alaska published by the University of Alaska press. Wow!2. [...]

News Flash: My name, along with one or two others, has been passed on to the VP of TopSecret school for a second interview. A decision about the 6-month Writer-in-Residence position for which I [...]

Dear God, There is something I need to tell you. But first, please forgive the fact that I have not addressed you since I was a child. (Exception: I frequently say your name in vain and have [...]

It’s quiet at first and I don’t know what to do with myself. Fork Mountain is quiet in its own way, but the wilds of the mountain and its hardwood forest are always apparent to me from my writing [...]

Okay. I formally admit that I am confused. I have never been so deeply in love with these mountains as I have been in the past six months. Yet I have never felt so distinctly that my career and [...]

A friend sent along two horoscopes that are so fitting I’m going to post them here. (Oh, and Lost Crossings sold out at the literary festival in Burnsville today – yeehaw!) Capricorn [...]