A Thin Place by Kathryn Davis
Book Reviews!
Kathryn Davis’ A Thin Place was very hard for me to get into at first. I tried starting a few times when I was in places where there were plenty ... Read more
Breathing Lessons By Anne Tyler
Book Reviews!
I have to open—to get it out there—by saying that the protagonist of Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons reminded me, perhaps a little too much, of my own mother. The main ... Read more
Diet, exercise, and writing
On writing
The idea that food and activity level effect our writing is not new. I recently read Julia Cameron’s The Writing Diet, which addresses how to eat well and feed our ... Read more
Musing On Love
On writing
~~~ Orange sunset reflected on the very edge of wet sand. There is a darkness here that she recognizes–but it’s that glow on the horizon that she can’t get enough ... Read more
A prompt and how I approached it
Prompts
The prompt: Write a first-person story in which you use the first-person pronoun (I or me or my) as little as possible. 600 words. Caffeine Dreams isn’t likely to last ... Read more
Recipe for Inspiration
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
With a mortar and pestle, grind the following in whatever combination seems right to you: whole black pepper stick cinnamon whole cardamom pods whole cloves Add the ground spices to ... Read more
Good Advice
On writing
Advice for aspiring writers by Jeffrey A. Carver. Interested in hiring me as a coach to get you boosted with your writing goals?Find free resources and information here.Some past posts ... Read more
Loving Revision and a prompt
On writing, Prompts
Blank white screen. That his how I began this next draft of my “completed” novel. Feeling compelled to make this partially articulated thing–this story egg–into a wonderful thing with arms ... Read more
The Equinox, Sun Salutations, and Freedom
On writing
Tomorrow is the autumn equinox, which means that the day and night will be approximately equal. It is tradition in yoga to perform a mala of 108 sun salutations on ... Read more
Showing and Telling: Reflections on The Rhetoric of Fiction
Book Reviews!
Wayne C. Booth’s The Rhetoric of Fiction is a hefty tome, full of close analysis and careful considerations, all leading the reader toward being an intentional, considerate reader and writer ... Read more