One of the wonderful by-products of a MFA program in creative writing is the stack of books I’m required to…
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Writing
Making Space
Papers. Everywhere papers. Notes for work, essays for school, examples of book proposals for writing. The wood pulp of my…
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A Nooks and Crannies Kind of Life
How quiet it’s been here this month! I wish real life were this silent in the summer. I feel as…
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When Hard Work is Mistaken for Talent
“…if we work hard enough, hard work will eventually be mistaken for talent. And if we refuse to give up,…
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Doing the Work
My husband’s cousin married an artist. A real, honest-to-goodness, brush-to-canvas artist. When we first met, I saw a few pencil…
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A Decade of Delight
My husband came in the door, and within a few minutes of catching up, I told him I was probably,…
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