A Week At The Clearing
Excerpts from my journal, a day-by-day recounting of my week at The Clearing in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin for a writing workshop
Revising Your Manuscript? Don’t Delete That Passage!
Don’t keep tapping that DELETE button when you are operating on your manuscript.
Deleted Scene I (War of the Realms)
To celebrate 1,000 followers on Twitter and 200 on Facebook, I’m thrilled to present a deleted chapter called “Phantom and the Werewolf.”
Tribute To Teachers
I would like to pause and thank the select group of teachers who inspired me to learn and grow into the writer I am today….
Slam Poetry: Resurrection
Wandering blind with no direction, too long you’ve been injecting rejection into my thoughts—correction—my heart….
Glory of the Snow (Sandcastle 4.15)
It’s not enough. There is nothing in this world I could give you to fill the abyss of your suffering. It’s like trying to fill a hole to the center of the earth….
Reality Check
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet the character you’d created in a story? Addie is about to find out.
Celestial Alphabet (Sandcastle 3.14)
Ancient river curls like a snake unfurling in the morning sun. The fallen angel kneels in silt and strokes quilted reflections….
The Red Pen: My Experience With the Inkwell Council
I have to say the hardest part of writing a novel is not, actually, writing your novel. It’s editing it.
The Real Reason Moths Are Drawn To Flames (Sandcastle 4.16)
I dwell in the dark. Art is for admiration; no one cares for a blank canvas.