The Mad Dash
​ I’m a very slow writer. A single short story can take up to six months for me to get to a point where I feel it’s finally right. A poem...
For All The Work We Do
Today, in the U.S., it’s Labor Day. Over the course of my lifetime, I have seen this holiday change from nod to the contribution of...
Chance Finds
Writers are, or should be, eminently curious, even when it gets us into trouble. The reason is that this curiosity leads us to discover...
A Block of Time
I can write anywhere, at any time. It was a skill I developed early in college. If I had an hour between classes and I knew I had to...