Category: Role of the Writer

  • Abandon Comparison

    It is our nature to compare. It’s undeniably human. We compare everything. We compare restaurants, movies, cars, and jobs. We compare this weekend to last,…

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  • To What Might We Compare the Writing of a First Draft?

    Verily, Verily, I say unto you, the writing of a first draft is like hacking a path through a previously undiscovered forest. One observes and…

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  • Mood Work

    In 1998, not long after my father died, I read 1984 by George Orwell. A great novel, far from great timing. When we read a…

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  • Release Day Review

    Yesterday my debut novel was released. The Confessions of Adam is in the wild. It must now fend for itself. I can no longer tinker…

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  • The Last Read

    This week I finished reading, for the fourth time in six months, my debut novel The Confessions of Adam. This was my last reading. With…

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