Julia Cameron Taught Me to Pray
In my spiritual life, an attempt at still openness has been central. I never prayed into that openness, until my conversation with Julia Cameron.
How to Find the Right Lit Mag for You
Every writer should be reading both the best and the most accessible literary magazines. Here's how.
An Ode to the Literary Bath
One of the bedrocks of a successful writing life is the full understanding that any research that needs to be done can be done in the bath.
How to Write (or Not) During the Coronavirus Outbreak
It's the time of Coronavirus, which is pretty much like the bad dystopian novel plot we all can't believe we're living. And I'll tell you what, I'm not writing that…
Read This to Learn That: Free Indirect Discourse in “A Changed Man”
There's a style of third-person in fiction that frees up your narrator to let the characters indirectly share their thoughts, without all the clunkiness of “she thought” or “he imagined.”…
10 Books of Poetry for People Who Aren’t “Poetry People”
When you think of poetry, you probably think of the things that come up when I looked for stock images for "poetry." Feather quills. Roses. Soft focus dreamscapes. I like…