Composing a Writer #8. Editing the Editing
I was raised by a woman who chronically rearranged furniture. It was a nervous habit. Coming home late you had...
Composing a Writer #7. Criticism Wanted
I was fifty-nine years old and someone had scribbled "Why should I care?" in thick red ink on my hard-fought...
Composing a Writer #6. Writing for Readers
It's a moment of exquisite anxiety. The kind of anxiety that's prickly and blunt at the same time, and you...
Composing a Writer #5. Write Long, Write Short
As soon as I escaped, I started writing poems. I was barely eighteen and living four states away from my...
Composing a Writer #4. Why Words Matter
She's been my friend for decades. That was me at her daughter's birthday party, singing and tap dancing in...
Composing a Writer #3. Comfortable Creativity
The first time you saw him, he was hurrying down the street, hat brim pulled low, and his cape flying...
Composing a Writer #2. Just Write
We're big talkers. We debate and dream and create. There are issues that good people should agree about on but...
Composing a Writer. #1 Tools of the Trade
Everybody has a list of wishes, some more idle than others. Early retirement is an idle wish if you aren't...
Now What? (and Other News)
Now is the winter of my discontent. Okay, maybe I'm being Shakespeare-dramatic. Monochromatic seasons can bring that out in me....
Amazon Recommends My Books. To Me.
Do you ever have that experience where you tilt your head, squint, and hear a dubious voice in your head...
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