Category: Creative Process/Craft

What Were the Questions I Was Asking?

Earlier this month I asked myself why I wrote my debut novel, The Confessions of Adam (Bold Vision Books, 2019). I realized that I’d thought…

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What Happened to December?

I read The Confessions of Adam out loud. On November 28th I went to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, with my friends Jim and Rita…

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Keep Trusting the Process

A few weeks ago I printed the first 30 pages of my forth-coming novel, (tentatively titled) The Confessions of Adam, grabbed a pencil, and began…

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The Writers’ Workshop*

Disclaimer: Like earning a writing degree, or attending a writers’ conference, joining or starting a writers’ workshop can be a terrific way to procrastinate and…

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Lost Cause? Not Likely.

Every writing project I’ve ever worked on, at many points in its creation, has felt like a lost cause. Even those that finished strong felt…

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