We’re Live and Kicking!
Last weekend, Airstream Dispatches participants met for our first of 6 live webinars. Here’s a [partial!] screen shot from our lovely gathering, which includes 52 writers in 4 different [...]
What it Means to Be Seen
I believe that writing is a solo sport, but that at the end of the day, no one does it alone. Recently I had a Q & A with Lynn Lovegreen and one of the questions was “How can we be seen [...]
Writing from Prompts
“I had serious fun with this prompt! I haven’t felt that in a while. I was drawn to keep at my draft and would not have written it if not for the habits of mind you are trying to encourage [...]
3 Reasons Why Accountability For Writers Works
For many years, I’ve been teaching from an accountability soapbox. Here’s what I wish every writer could understand: Accountability for writers doesn’t have to be about harsh, [...]
Reading Like A Writer
During a craft lecture at my first residency for Pacific University’s low-res MFA program, a fiction author took to the podium and announced: “You are responsible for what you don’t read.” He [...]
Stepping up to the Mic
I used to be a big fan of taking my time. I loved free writing morning pages by hand in my journal, then reading a few stories by a favorite author, then thumbing through old story drafts before [...]
Airstream Dispatches
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 [...]
