But No Cigar (aka Reasons)
I put a widget on my home page with a countdown to my self-imposed deadline for finishing a first draft of a kids’ fantasy story...
Strictly For the Completist
Looking at my own garden, it’s hard to believe I’m supposed to be an expert. I certainly do let life get in the way of...
On Crows and Craft, Or Something
I haven’t run a reblog post here in a while. Usually when I do, it’s when someone writes something that I’ve been thinking myself but...
I Can’t Commit
At the first annual Iceland Writers Retreat, I got to take two workshops from Pulitzer prize-winning writer Geraldine Brooks. For each workshop, she asked us...
Form of … a Refrigerator
It sounds good to call what I do “freelance.” But it really means that when there’s no work there’s no money. Today started out like...