Ideas: The Joy of Writing
Not in the mood to cook on the Fourth of July, I ventured forth yesterday in search of fried chicken. Not exactly an epic quest – in the Bay Area you don’t have to drive far to find much of … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Writing
Where No Thesaurus Has Gone Before
Everyone knows that fiction writers are liars. It’s even a running gag in my MFA program, that has led to a series of interesting signs posted at the residency last August, but that’s fodder for another entry. The point is, … Continue reading →
Eye-Opening
For the first revision of my thesis, I am trying something my thesis advisor recommended: retyping it. So, after taking a red ink pen to one hundred seventy five pages of text, I committed myself to retyping every word, reviewing … Continue reading →
Acceptance
I was notified yesterday that my flash fiction story, “Bedfellow” has been accepted by KNOCK, a literary journal affiliated with Antioch University Seattle, for publication in their November issue, #15. I had gotten so used to seeing rejections that when … Continue reading →
End One Semester and Plan for Another
This semester doesn’t really end for me. Well, it does in the sense that I have reached the last day of school and two of my classes will shortly fall by the wayside. My other class, though, is thesis, and … Continue reading →
Side Projects
About letting small stories slip out while the big stories aren’t watching.
Continue reading →“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 →Tenterhooks
Ah, the joys of waiting. Writers know them so well. . . .
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