At about 4 a.m. I decided to get out of bed. I’d been tossing and turning for more than an hour, at that point. It seemed fruitless to...

Last week a friend sent me this note, via Facebook: So, I’m struggling to get myself on a writing schedule. I remember your Craft Seminar...

Last week I agreed to sub at the high school where Cami teaches. Three days with middle- and high-school students always makes for an...

Yes, it’s been a while since I created a new installment of my video blog series, The Three Minute Writer, but if you’ve been thinking to...

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

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...

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

We had company for seven days last week. It is part of living in Florida: People want to come visit. (We’ve had more visitors in two...

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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I mentioned yesterday that one of the ways I stay in contact with other writers is through weekly Twitter-based chats, so I thought I...

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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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...

One of the exciting, and scary, things about turning the page on another chapter in life is the way the world sort of opens up, for a...

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...