There is nothing quite like finishing a story. The first finish, I mean; the one where you write the last sentence and say, “Okay, I can call it a story now.” Oh, you know there is work ahead; many drafts later, you will have forgotten this wonderful moment of …
“If we keep in mind that fiction worth writing and reading finds its moments of high drama not so much in a close depiction of the events that produce them but in the effect of those moments on the characters they touch, then we have the chance to give our …
In the newsletter, Malahat Lite, of the Malahat Review. http://web.uvic.ca/malahat/documents/malahat_lite/jan12.pdf
December already. We’re at the tail-end of this year and my thoughts are not as much on the impending holiday mayhem as on finding an agent. Queries are being written instead of gift lists. Wishing on those first stars in the clear night skies that there will be a bit …
Hot-glueing acorns onto a basket, making pear sauce, writing a story about romance under an elm tree. This is autumn. I give tremendous thanks.
… and I hope it brings you renewed energy after a relaxed summer. I’ve got a few things in the works as far as writing classes go, (check under “classes”) and have been hard at “work” on more stories. It’s not work if you love it. I hope you’re doing what …
