Category: Writing Life
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.…
Read MoreVerily, Verily, I say unto you, the writing of a first draft is like hacking a path through a previously undiscovered forest. One observes and…
Read MoreIn 1998, not long after my father died, I read 1984 by George Orwell. A great novel, far from great timing. When we read a…
Read MoreThere are several aspects of publishing the debut novel that I didn’t see coming. This is another of them. I imagine with time and distance…
Read MoreOn Saturday evening I attended a literary event, a reading. The readers were three established and well-known local/regional authors. The event was held in a…
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