Category: Writing Life
Ending
It’s been said that no one finishes a novel, they just stop working on it. If there is anything that is true about the craft…
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I Can Do This
I remember the moment. I am standing in my study at my bookshelf. It is 1988 or 1989. I am in college, a sophomore. I…
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It’s Like Starting a Business
On the morning of February 25th, I had a conference call with my publisher, Karen Porter at Bold Vision Books. She and I discussed social…
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The Other Folder*
In preparation for my mother’s visitation and memorial service this week, my sister gave my daughter two folders of my mom’s writings to put together…
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Tossing the Lasso
I live a life of daily, lusty, creative pursuit. I alternate between quiet hours of writing the next draft of my second novel, reading one…
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