Photo & Poem: Boundary
Imaginary domestication.
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Photo & Poem: Cold Front
Cold Front
Writing/Traveling/Writing
To the land of Parrot Chickens.
Getting In Cars with Strangers
and other things I do.
Poetry for People Who Think They Don't Like Poetry
What poetry and Brussel sprouts have in common.
Dysfunctional Fetching and an Anniversary
Are you doing what you thought you’d be doing at this age?
Composing a Writer #12. What True Self-Publishing Means
Self-publishing starts innocently enough…
Composing a Writer #11. Submission and Rejection
I’m not proud of what I did. In my defense, I was in my early twenties.
Composing a Writer #10. A Manuscript is Not a Book
What happens after the happy dance…
Composing a Writer #9. Beta Readers, Secrets, and Dead Darlings
Sometimes the awkward thing no one wants to talk about is the most important part to share.
Composing a Writer #8. Editing the Editing
Editing the editing, and then when you’re done, edit some more.
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 can’t see around it. One word at a time, it’s been an act of faith that you’ve come this far. You retreat, change a word here, and alter some punctuation there. You’ve lost count of … Read more
Composing a Writer #5. Write Long, Write Short
An optimistic way to look at editing.
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 a rented Big Bird costume. She came to all my weddings. We’re chosen family but we almost had to hate each other in the beginning. I met her husband first; I was a goldsmith and … Read more
Composing a Writer #3. Comfortable Creativity
Art is our birth language.
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 it gets complicated by reality. A cure for cancer or missile defense? Big business or the environment? Recycle or a one-size-fits-all trashcan? And everyone knows a rescue pet is the right choice, as long as they’re … Read more
Composing a Writer. #1 Tools of the Trade
Is writing on your wish list?
Amazon Recommends My Books. To Me.
That experience where you tilt your head, squint, and hear a dubious voice in your head say, “No kidding?”