Last weekend, after meeting several deadlines (both real and self-imposed) and hacking my way through two difficult revisions during the...

People ask about my process when they find out I’m a writer. “What does that look like? Do you sit at the computer all day?” Yes. Some...

I read my friend Ken’s blog because I feel bad for him. No, not really. I read Ken’s Inkling Media blog because he consistently delivers...

Strategic planning. Sounds stuffy. Like it comes from corporate America. Like something that is the polar opposite of creativity and the...

I’ve been reading a lot, lately, about the various aspects of our lives that contribute to our creativity and our continued dedication to...

Sometimes we see a news story that causes the fiction writer in us to jump with anticipation. You know, a quirky story, buried somewhere...

Well, here is the first of a new video blog (vBlog) feature here on the Stories I Read, Stories I Tell blog. In episode #1, I take a...

Instead of just posting ONE story to read online (which will likely be what I do, most Wednesday mornings) I thought I would start with...

If you are like me, and I’m not assuming that you ARE, you’ve read–at some point in your life–a self-help style book about finding your...

So, I have this story. It’s called, “The Silence of God is Impossible to Bear”. This was a story that I wrote several years ago, and it...

So in a previous post I mentioned that I was starting a tracking experiment, where I’m setting an “ideal writing/work week” goal, and...

So, a peak behind the curtain… Last week I blogged that I’ve become more and more convinced that tracking and awareness are key...

So, let me dig into today’s thoughts on writing. I’ve been working on a novel for a while now. That’s pretty typical. Most writers (there...

I had big plans for the summer. I really did. After I left the May writing residency at Queens University of Charlotte, this is what I...

This story kicks off American Short Fiction’s winter 2009 issue with a bang. Or a thwack. Or…some other word that deftly uses...

One of the original goals of starting this new blog was to read and review (and thereby, promote) short fiction appearing in American...

I’ll start with a personal aside: During the January residency, I shared the first chapter of my novel in progress with my small reading...

[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...

Hello friends, I’ve finished an updated draft of a story called, Solomon’s Ditch. I need some beta readers, and you can help. (The link...

Where I’m Calling From, originally appeared in The New Yorker and was later included in two of author Raymond Carver’s short story...