Yesterday, I finished reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and am still turning it over in my mind. It’s one of those books that stay with you for a couple of reasons. The… Read More »Review: The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath
For this round of Three Minute Fiction, Ann Patchett, the author of Bel Canto and the Patron Saint of Liars is judging the competition. Last time, writers had to base their story off of a… Read More »Three Minute Fiction: Round Four
Removed as I’ve revised it and am sending it out for publication. This was the story I submitted for NPR Three Minute Fiction: Round Three.
In The Train is the fourth Christian Oster novel to be translated from French into English. It may be more accurate to call In The Train a novella rather than a novel, because it’s a… Read More »In The Train – Christian Oster
Great video on how sticky note deadlines can take over your life.
My poem, “Counter Towards the Middle,” has been accepted and is forthcoming in Aethlon. Thanks to all those who offered insight during the writing process and helped shape it.
Sent in the latest revision of a poem. It’s been interesting working with this editor and having the back and forth of revision and submission. It reminded of being in a workshop and working with… Read More »Seventh Revision of a Poem
It’s morning. Karen makes her way to the kitchen. The hallway seems long. Everything seems farther now that she’s sick. There is a loss of energy, which she cannot communicate. Saying, she’s tired, is like… Read More »Flickr Writing Exercises
Like many items on the web, I came across this in a roundabout way. It seems true that for most people, poetry is unimportant. In, Let Poetry Die, Patrick Gillespie addresses some of the issues… Read More »What Noise Does the Death of Poetry Make?