Side Projects
About letting small stories slip out while the big stories aren’t watching.
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“Eugene’s Trick Bag”
Considering the writer’s trick bag.
Continue reading →Story Flow Editing
It’s a first stage of editing for a manuscript.
Continue reading →Quick Takes
Of titles, interviews, and a friend’s e-book
Continue reading →Anecdotes from My Residency VII: Introducing. . . .
Ever have two dates on the same day? What about two introductions?
Continue reading →The Power of Drafting
“Banging my head on something solid to let the frustration out would not have helped, but it did sound tempting.”
Continue reading →Anecdotes from My Residency VI – Is this . . . Satan?
Say “hey’ to the Devil. . . .
Continue reading →Thesis: The Journey Begins
A look at the thesis journey from near the beginning.
Continue reading →Anecdotes from My Residency V — Close Encounters of the Whidbey Kind?
Part of the Whidbey tradition is that one student is good enough to collect pictures of everyone – faculty, MFA students, and residency-only students (when possible) and assemble a great photo board.
Continue reading →Thesis Panic
I sat at the keyboard and did something I hadn’t done in a while. I froze.
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