Now this is weird. I’m posting twice in the course of a week. Woo hoo! Of course, I’ve been on break for ten days, so it’s only natural that I’m rested and recharged (as much as I could rest and recharge after the shitshow of a year we just slogged through), and therefore writing a […]
The Writing Life
Goodbye, 2020
So goodbye, 2020. It’s been, well, surreal. As I, like many of the other rough beasts out there, slouch towards our proverbial Bethlehems to be born, I started thinking about what possible good points, positive takeaways, we could all salvage from this dreadful dumpster fire of a year. And I came up with a few […]
A New Start
Fall and a new start and all that jazz. Another football season has ended, the school year is in full swing, and my writing has stretched and yawned and shrugged off its malaise. I’m welcoming it back like the blood coursing a limb that has gone to sleep. There may be pins and needles, but […]
Number 9 Pack Rat
Story #9 has been published! I had my ninth story, “Threat of Rain,” published in Adelaide Literary Magazine, both on their website and in their December 2018 print issue. I’m really excited about this story being published for many reasons, but the one reason that is the most surprising is the theme of this post. […]
Making a Scene
I’ve been thinking a lot about making scenes. Not that I do that in public often, but I sure do it a lot when I’m writing. So to clarify, I’m talking about the scenes writers craft when telling a story, not the fracas or tumult that can result when people behave badly in public, although […]
Off to the Mountain!
I‘m off to the New England Young Writers’ Conference today, and I’m pretty excited about it! The last time I was at Breadloaf was three years ago, and the experience was just awesome, so I’m hoping this go around will surpass the last one. I have a student going this year, which is very […]