Category: Writing Life

  • The Death Scene

    I’ve been at a couple of deathbeds over the years, visiting family, attempting to comfort or joining in small talk to provide an emotional and…

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  • 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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  • Writing in the Storm

    Writing is very difficult for me right now. More difficult than normal. It’s hard to focus, to give writing the priority, the time, the energy.…

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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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