I have always been a writer who strove to tell the truth. And yet I have been lying, to myself and to you. I have always been an editor and coach who encouraged my clients to go deep, to make themselves vulnerable, to lay their deepest truths out on the page. And yet I have been keeping things on the … Read More
Writing from the subconscious mind…
Have you ever had the experience of not quite knowing how certain elements of your own experience might fit together in story, but knowing that they DO go together, and they SHOULD? That was the experience I had in writing what would become the titular story of my short story collection (currently out on submission), “Dream Studies.” This story, based … Read More
Ursula Le Guin’s legacy is progress, not perfection
Recently I woke up to a Google alert pinging my name in connection with an article in the Washington Post about Ursula Le Guin. My quote, pulled from an article I wrote for LitHub, was basically intended to serve in this essay as an example of the over-the-top adoration that has made Le Guin a sort of “secular saint.” The author of … Read More
Just one reader (the right one)
When many of us start out as writers, our goal with publishing is to have our work read (and loved) by lots of people—the more the better. And certainly, that’s the dream. But lately, I’ve been struck by the power of having your work read and appreciated by just one person—the right one. I’m sending this your way as I’m celebrating … Read More
