I am at the point in working on my novel when I’ve generated enough words that I need to put one page after the other, chapter after...

Last week I took a course at the writing festival in Iowa City called Novel in a Week taught by Kelly Dwyer.  I discovered why it was was...

I think it’s the notion of perfection – or near perfection anyway that often holds me back from doing the best I can. I discovered the...

It is an exercise in endurance, a willingness to make mistake after mistake. A few weeks ago I wrote that I felt like I was at a dead end...

Much of the reason I started this blog is give myself a mandate to practice writing something in a short prose form addressed to a...