When a man and woman make the decision to take a cross-country, multi-month trip with their family of six, a certain level of “coziness”...

As I mentioned last week, today is the official launch day of a new book, Letters to Me: Conversations With a Younger Self. About...

Those of you who have been regular, engaged readers of “Stories I Read, Stories I Tell” probably have felt a nagging absence over the...

I was privileged to hear today’s guest, Dominique Traverse Locke, read from her graduating thesis. I remember very clearly that I was...

Part 5: Fear of BIG SCARY TOPICS First I’d like to thank Eric for hosting this post today. This is such a big fear for me, that I...

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Just a quick note today to tell you that if you head over to my friend and fellow-Floridian Marni Mann’s blog, you’ll see info on how you...

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Holy Cow!!! Six months down, six to go here in 2012. As with the conclusion to all the other months, it’s time to post the monthly...

Not a traditional blog post, but, instead two links: First, my writer friend, Andrea Cumbo of Andilit.com, has been so kind as to feature...

In 2009, my writer-friend Shawn Smucker found himself in a tough situation. His construction-based small business was in debt and the...

A few months ago, several about-to-be MFA graduates talked about where our post-MFA search for income might lead us. Teaching: Teaching...

Faithful readers of Stories I Read, Stories I Tell will have noticed several guest posts on the blog. Since last Friday, I’ve asked...

Jillian Lewis approached me about writing a guest post focused on conferences for writers that are held in beautiful, natural...

My friend and fellow Queens University of Charlotte MFA writer, Kelly Fordon, has a poetry chapbook available for purchase. Those of you...

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If you are online and engaged in any level of social media besides interacting with your closest friends and relatives, you get spam....

How does one monetize an MFA (Creative Writing) degree? I’ll let you know once I’ve figured it out. Sure, there is the possibility of a...

I usually promote other writers or blogs or interesting Twitter folks on Friday, with my “Friendly Friday” posts, but I decided to do it...

As I mentioned the other day, my blog has become much more active in the last few months. There are any number of reasons why, and there...