Publishers, Beware.
This is my Grandfather Horse. He had a birthday this week--you don't want to know how old his is. He...
Aspiring to a Goat-like Confidence…
In the late 80's, I got asked to a Toad the Wet Sprocket concert by a teenage boy I knew. He...
A Reluctant Reality Show.
Let me start by saying I absolutely hate the idea of reality shows. They first started during a writers strike,...
Uncharted Waters, But Not Lost.
My favorite books are always the ones that tell the story of how it came to pass that we became...
Best and Worst: Balance the Serious.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...
Choice and Power.
There's always an argument to feel like a loser. On any given day, it's easy to make a list of...
Words to Live By…
I've been remembering someone who changed my life. He has been gone years now; his name was Micheal, my first...
Editing is the Perfect Diet.
Disclaimer: I'm no Hemingway. I don't write drunk. I fall asleep after one glass of wine--on the sofa, with five...
Thinking About the Paths We Take…
Ralph Waldo, this is crazy-making advice. Because breaking a trail might require a machete or snow shoes or a 75...
Reading In-Between Writing.
I know, but they're the closest fit to the quote that I have here on the farm. Watch 'em at...
How to Begin…
I agree with Ms. Parker. The first difference between those-who-write and the rest of our species is that some...
Small Lives, Literary Aspirations.
Irony--I love it. It's right up there with self-deprecating humor. O'Connor wrote Good Country People--she knew something about writing and...
Reading and Writing and Waiting.
In a counter-intuitive way, it's a huge accomplishment to get my first rejection letter today. It means at least someone...
It's a memoir of coming to Infinity Farm.
Moving to the high prairie was hard in the beginning–it was so different from what I’d known. It took...
Want to Hear my Elevator Line?
When you finish a book, you are supposed to have a short description that is pithy, immediately intriguing, and leaves...
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