Way back in 2008, I attended AWP in NYC, returning home as always with a head full of new ideas about publishing and writing. But one thing, above all else, lingers with me about that trip. Earlier in the week, I'd met two of my best writer pals, Karen and Susan, at the airport in … Continue reading AWP and The Faith of a Writer
Category: Creativity & Inspiration
Career Day
Here's an old post from my previous blog 50 shimmering pages. March 13, 2013 Yesterday, I spent the afternoon talking to 169 fifth graders. I was joined by a singer/songwriter, a policeman/karate instructor, a marine, and a nurse. The program was sponsored by a local nonprofit with a mission to help women and children explore … Continue reading Career Day
Found this quote for you on Tumblr
"You become a better writer because you need to become a writer. Nothing else." ~ Grace Paley
Moody Me: Chasing a Feeling
Moody Me: Chasing a Feeling For all my efforts to understand what makes a piece of writing good or ways to break it down into lessons that I or my students or maybe even you might try to apply, sometimes I really think there's nothing to know but that truth follows truth. The only time … Continue reading Moody Me: Chasing a Feeling
Risk by Anais Nin
Risk "And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to Blossom." Anaïs Nin
Happy Father’s Day
"The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he … Continue reading Happy Father’s Day
On Knowing There Could Be Better Work Down the Line
"Hemingway Never Did This" by Charles Bukowski I read that he lost a suitcase full of manuscripts on a train and that they never were recovered. I can't match the agony of this but the other night I wrote a 3-page poem upon this computer and through my lack of diligence and practice and by … Continue reading On Knowing There Could Be Better Work Down the Line
