When my children were little we had a felt advent calendar with a tree and little plastic ornaments with velcro on the back. Each day you took an ornament from the calendar and stuck it on the tree. Its beauty was its visual simplicity as they counted down the days till Christmas, and I didn't have to answer "How many days...?" Over the years, some ornaments disappeared under the refrigerator … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Roberta F. King
WHAT? I write mostly nonfiction. I’m a Leo, an only child and a Boomer, so therefore I think I’m endlessly interesting and need to tell you all about it. Most everything I’ve written is based on my life. I’m experimenting with hybrid pieces—fiction that is born from nonfiction, but has a fictional twist or more desirable outcome. I’d like to write true, pure fiction some day, but am still waiting … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Caroline Maun
WHAT? I am a poet and a scholar of American poetry, particularly focusing on a neglected group of early- to mid- twentieth century women poets who created an outpost of modernist poetic practices and followed innovative strategies for their poetry after modernism's force had shifted. They are less-known now often because of circumstances (poverty, trauma, and/or illness) that prevented them … [Read more...]
When Writing Takes Over Your Life
Would you be surprised to know that much of your writing work is done in places other than at your desk or computer? You know your writing has taken over your life when: You idly roam the supermarket, not because you left your shopping list on the counter at home, but because you’re puzzling over plot. You toss and turn at night, not because your credit card bill is growing while your hours … [Read more...]
Love and Loss – The only permanence we know
Each loss evokes all losses. We long for permanence, for our children to remain cute and lovable, for our parents to never leave us, and for our loves to always stand by our sides. Life is constant change, however, and every change represents a loss of what there was before. Fall has become a difficult time for me. Four years ago today I lost my eldest child to suicide. Two years ago on October … [Read more...]
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