Jan 26, 2022 | On Writing
It’s been a rough couple of years and many of us are simply exhausted. Outrage fatigue, pandemic fatigue, crisis fatigue—all manner of fatigue has besieged us. To the point where all we feel lately is numb. At least that’s how I’ve been feeling. And then I watched two...
Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Santa, I hope this finds you well and safe and enjoying your holiday prep up there at the North Pole. I’m not sure if you’re taking requests from writers during these troubled times, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway. I won’t lie. I wasn’t quite as good a...
Oct 12, 2021 | On Writing
When I was a very young woman, I heard a writer say that when you set a story in a given place, you should be able to name every bird, every tree, every flower in that setting. I remember thinking, “Uh oh.” As an Army brat who moved at least once a year, I barely got...