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In preparation for the release of Flashes of War and my 52 event book tour from 2013-14, I found myself getting overwhelmed with tasks. What felt like 3,276 tasks was actually just three: [...]

It’s fall, and I’ve been thinking a lot about what I was doing 4 years ago. I’d had a few dates with Brad by that point, but I was largely preoccupied with my DIY book tour. I [...]

Today I’m celebrating short story and creative nonfiction author Patricia Ann McNair, who is not only an inspiration and friend, but also one of the most sincere, effective, deep-thinking [...]

One afternoon during the annual Interlochen Writers Retreat, author Patricia Ann McNair led a round table discussion on literary citizenship. This broad subject can pertain to anything from ways [...]

As a part of Airstream Dispatches, 38 writers and I are spending September reading and celebrating the work of author Ann Pancake. I reached out to her for an interview, and here’s what she [...]

Sometimes, it really is ALL about word choice. The esteemed Laurie Anderson on the difference between driving down “the” road, versus driving down “a” road–as an [...]

Recently, I critiqued a short story written by a potter. Our acquaintance first formed when I was a barista slinging espresso at Penland Coffeehouse and he was a studio potter headed for an [...]

UPDATE: THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT. We’re authors, painters, professors, community activists, parents, teachers, and more who will be signing in for these live webinars from Oregon [...]

Although May in the high mountains of North Carolina has been perfectly spring-worthy and delightful, April came with 80 and 40 degree days, humidity, snow, and lack of rain. Most days, I carried [...]