I’ll be honest, this year was a tough year to fit in reading. Between work, more work, writing book 2,…
Tag: poetry
Write a first draft. Edit. Trash parts. Write a second draft. Edit. Eat cookie dough and cry. Write a third…
This week the Debs are writing about self-care and balancing our worlds and our writing lives. I was recently telling…
This week on the Deb Ball we’re writing about jobs, hobbies, or trips that connect to our books. While I…
I have a line from a Wallace Stevens poem framed in my office. Here’s why I love Stevens (1879-1955): the…
A VAGABOND SONG THERE is something in the autumn that is native to my blood— Touch of manner, hint of…
At this point in my life, I’m practically immune to embarrassment. I spent the first twenty-odd years of my life…
Fifteen Minutes of Shame is a fabulous, funny, smart, tightly written book with a huge heart. It will grab you…
For me, it began in the third grade. I wrote my first story, called The Haunted Meatball. My teacher, Mrs.…
I’m one of those readers always looking for parallels between protagonists and the writers who create them. The extent to…