Collaborative Experimentation
Many thanks for all the birthday wishes. 68 is going pretty well, so far. I’m still trail running, and riding my mountain bike, and climbing,… Read More »Collaborative Experimentation
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Leave of Absence
In 38 years of writing, there has never been a time in which I haven’t split my energies: writing and teaching 5th grade, writing and… Read More »Leave of Absence
What is art, anyway?
After a discussion at breakfast about art and how it is defined, a question arose: If the same aesthetic mindfulness brought to the arts we… Read More »What is art, anyway?
Hogwarts Bound
Waiting for my flight to Chicago, then on to Burlington. Travel gods and goddesses willing, tonight I will lay me down to sleep at the… Read More »Hogwarts Bound
Mouth Wide Open
Writing is not an 8:00 to 5:00 job. It’s a way of being, and looking at the world, and the hours are pretty much 24/7,… Read More »Mouth Wide Open
Turning Back the Hands of Time
I read an article recently on aging. (Sorry, can’t cite it; don’t remember how it came across my radar.) According to research, there is objective… Read More »Turning Back the Hands of Time
Place Matters
As writers, where we set out stories has a huge impact on the characters, and so on the narrative. Toss everyone onto an Antarctic ice… Read More »Place Matters
First Place?
I’ve just now elbowed myself the mental space to look back at 2017 — the highlights, low moments, the ebb and flow in between. One… Read More »First Place?
Is it true yet?
As storytellers, part of our job is to make it hard on our characters. “Put them up a tree, and then throw rocks at them,”… Read More »Is it true yet?
Ode to a Muffin
As writers, we bust our guts to find the right word to precisely and powerfully express the feeling-idea-mood we want to convey, the one that… Read More »Ode to a Muffin
