Just started Jane Smiley’s Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel. Here’s an interview with her at Failbetter.com from last December discussing her own writing and writing practice. Interested in ... Read more

An article about yoga and its benefits for writers and also about the importance of solitude and stillness (which yoga provides). Included in the article is a quote from Writing ... Read more

Love this article on the connection between running and writing. It spoke to my own feelings about the relationship between these two practices for me. Also, here is another push ... Read more

This musing goes out to Chris, because more than anything I want to spend this coming year achieving goals and enjoying life with him. So, baby, here is to a ... Read more

From Burn This Book (Edited by Toni Morrison): “Writers—journalists, essayists, bloggers, poets, playwrights—can disturb the social oppression that functions like a coma on the population, a coma despots call peace; ... Read more