Eric Sheridan WyattFeb 6, 20141 minHey, writers…This is a quick post. A sort of poll question, if you will… What service or resource have you tried to find to help you with your...
Eric Sheridan WyattFeb 5, 20143 minI Give Up.“I thought you’d already given up blogging,” some of you might say. Granted, it’s been a while since I’ve been actively engaged in...
Eric Sheridan WyattJun 21, 20132 minChange Your Actions, Change Your ResultsAs I mentioned early in the week, I hit a creative wall in the second quarter of 2013. Things weren’t happening, for me, and as the...
Eric Sheridan WyattMay 2, 20133 minCommunity Is Important for WritersTo be honest, I’ve been pretty down for the last week or so. As I’ve shared before, I have been teaching Legacy Writing classes via the...
Eric Sheridan WyattApr 10, 20132 minOn Edge or On The Edge?Over the last few days, I’ve felt a little nervous. Sometimes I get this way, when I have this lingering feeling that something is about...
Eric Sheridan WyattMar 7, 20133 minDavid Jauss and Knowing Too MuchSometimes I come across an article about writing that I know I’m going to return to again and again. David Jauss writes just such an...
Eric Sheridan WyattJan 25, 20133 minCarver’s Ending of Cathedral: “It’s Really Something”One of the things that I like best about asking fellow writers to write for my blog during these “A Week With…” posts is the variety of...
Eric Sheridan WyattJan 24, 20133 minCarver’s Cathedral: Different Interpretations at Different Stages of LifeHeidi Moore writes wonderfully re-imagined modern stories based on Greek mythology, among other things. She is also a medical doctor and...
Eric Sheridan WyattJan 23, 20134 minNaming the Voice: Prejudice and Change in Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”Clifford Garstang wrote two of the best books I read last year (links at the end of this post) and I am happy to host his contribution to...
Eric Sheridan WyattJan 21, 20132 minA Week With Raymond Carver’s CathedralToday marks the start of my third installment of the “A Week With…” series where I invite some of my favorite friends and writers to...
Eric Sheridan WyattJan 16, 20134 minLittle Edits: A Peek Into ProcessI’ve blogged before about my process. It is something that a lot of people find interesting. I know I enjoy discussing process and...
Eric Sheridan WyattDec 21, 20122 minA Week With Dorothy Parker: You Were Perfectly FineI hope you enjoyed the essays I posted this week focused on Dorothy Parker’s classic story, You Were Perfectly Fine. Based on the blog...
Eric Sheridan WyattDec 20, 20123 minA week with Dorothy Parker: Subtlety of Structure[su_note](Editor’s Note: You can find even more posts about Dorothy Parker’s story, You Were Perfectly Fine, by checking out the Dorothy...
Eric Sheridan WyattDec 19, 20123 minA week with You Were Perfectly Fine: Wit, Wisecracking, & Calisthenics with words.Ginger Pinholster is a writer and fellow graduate of the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. You can connect with her on...
Eric Sheridan WyattDec 18, 20123 minA Week with You Were Perfectly Fine: Dramatic Irony vs. Antithetical DiscourseBelinda Nicoll is the author of the memoir, Out of Sync, as well as a writing and life coach. (You can read an earlier interview I did...
Eric Sheridan WyattDec 17, 20121 minIn case you missed it: A Good Man is Hard to FindEarlier today I kicked off my December guest blog blizzard which will focus on Dorothy Parker’s short story, You Were Perfectly Fine. In...
Eric Sheridan WyattDec 17, 20124 minSpending a week with a story: You Were Perfectly FineIn February of 2010, I posted a brief summary and discussion of Dorothy Parker’s classic short story, You Were Perfectly Fine. When I...
Eric Sheridan WyattNov 28, 20126 minA Good Man…We’re All Misfits.This is the (belated) final installment of the series of guest contributions focused on Flannery O’Connor’s story, A Good Man is Hard to...
Eric Sheridan WyattNov 21, 20123 minA Good Man…Beyond the Names We KnowNaming our characters (or, sometimes, not naming our characters) is a big piece of the literary puzzle for many writers. This is the...
Eric Sheridan WyattNov 20, 20124 minA Good Man…Good vs. EvilI met Kelly Fordon while I was pursuing my MFA. She was working on a novel told from the point of view of a U.S. Congressman’s young...