Living In Place
A Hard Day’s Work
For the past eight months, I’ve been diligently working at the first draft of Ellen, the working title of the current novel I’m writing. Back in January, I planned to...
Manuscript Matters
For the second year in a row, I’ve served as a judge for a local writing contest, and for the second year in a row, I’ve been humbled by the variety and sincerity of the work...
My Writing Bible
Rather than make good on the promise with which I ended my last post [subordinate clause], to further explain coordination and subordination in prose [infinitive...
Subordination Rules!
I had two memorable professors in graduate school. One used to say, “and is the hardest word in the English Language to use well"; the other said, “The secret to good writing is...
Strength in Numbers
Writing is a solitary occupation, but marketing doesn’t have to be. In fact, there are only benefits to joining others as part of a good marketing strategy. All it takes is...
White Water Writing
What could learning to whitewater kayak possibly have to do with writing? In my case, four things: work, knowledge, companionship, and fear. #1. In the first place, I...