I get lots of questions about writing—the craft of it, what my work day is like, how to begin a project. For those of you who are local (Twin Cities area or SE MN), I’m teaching a class on August 25th, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Crossings at Carnegie. I’m including the class info […]
Go Further
From Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones. [Post image: Rock Climbing in the Black Hills by lkdegen on stock.xchng]
If You Want to Write
Last Thursday evening, at my Rochester Art Center reading, a woman asked, “When did you start calling yourself an author?” It’s a good question, one that, I’m sure, every artist asks him- or herself. Does the label come with the simple act of writing? Do you accept the label when you’ve become published…or won an […]
Broken For You
I’ve been reading in the early morning hours, while Dan plays with Liliana around the pool. It’s been utterly delicious. I just finished reading Broken for You. Excellent book. Started out slow, but built up steam and was a tear-jerker in the end. A great book about an odd, yet believable, surrogate family. I’m onto […]
Fiction Writing Suggestions
Today, I feel tapped out–in all ways. I’m not feeling very creative, nor am I getting much writing done. It’s discouraging to have come this far (to the publication stage), then experience such doldrums. But I rest in the fact that it can’t last too long (oh, please, don’t tell me differently!), and we’ll all […]