There are long expanses of time when I can write all day, every day, any day. I’m blessed in that way. Unfortunately, I waste that time...

The week started well. My story, Most Dead Birds Are Never Found, was featured in Eunoia Review. (A link to the story, along with several...

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I recently recommended Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way, to a creative friend who has struggled with knowing how to best honor his...

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Last week I blogged about having a group of fellow writers (or other creatives) with whom you periodically “check-in” regarding the...

My post yesterday described some of my post-MFA malaise. One of the things you lose after the MFA is the pre-arranged community of the...

I knew it before I graduated. I even talked about it in my graduating seminar presentation. The post-MFA writing life is difficult. As I...

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Thanks to Epiphmag.com for publishing my story, Dudley’s Sacrifice, in their current online issue. If you follow this link, you can read...

In her recent blog-post response to my 7-7-7 post, my online writer-friend Jen Luitwieler talks about my new “fancy fountain pen” which...

I posted a few weeks ago about my story, Solomon’s Ditch, being featured at Ozone Park Journal. Since I often get questions like, “What...

Holiday get-togethers–friends, family, the spouse’s work party, the church choir social–can be a precarious time for the fledgling...

I love this time of year. From a traditional, spiritual standpoint, we’re reaching the end of the anticipation of Advent and we are...

I wonder if Steve Jobs ever felt this way. (Yes, I’m starting this blog post by comparing myself to Steve Jobs.) I wonder if, as he held...

In Part One of the Write What You Know series, I talked a little bit about how limiting it can be if we take the advice offered by many...

I was subbing last week, Spanish of all things, and the teacher I was covering for was a “floater”. That means, instead of a classroom,...

There’s an oft-quoted adage, “Write what you know!” which is simultaneously true and untrue. It is untrue because, as fiction writers, we...

I’m not naturally a person who reads a book multiple times or watches the same movie over and over. There are too many things I haven’t...

One week early, that’s how! Ha! But seriously…When I was at the May on-campus residency for my MFA, I thought through what I needed to...