The Writing Life: Opening Doors
This entry is part 14 in the series The Writing Life2007: I was basically suffering from a severe case of writer’s block. I had no idea what the hell to write. I had no ideas in which to pursue. I was frustrated More...
The Writing Life: Turning Point
This entry is part 13 in the series The Writing Life2008 was pretty much spent in some kind of creative limbo, at least as far as my poetry and fiction writing was concerned. I had nothing to bring to the table. More...
The Writing Life: Opportunities and New Lessons Learned
This entry is part 12 in the series The Writing Life2005 began normally enough. My friend had finished reading the manuscript and gave me her thoughts on it. For the most part, she liked it, but she did have some More...
The Writing Life: Floundering
This entry is part 11 in the series The Writing Life2006 was virtually unproductive. I hardly wrote anything, save for a couple of poems which I really didn’t do much with. I struggled with the new novel, which More...
The Writing Life: The Last Straw
This entry is part 10 in the series The Writing LifeWith the first draft of the novel now done, I decided to let it sit for a while, then go back to it with a fresh pair of eyes later on and get to work on cutting More...
The Writing Life: Struggling For a New Idea
This entry is part 9 in the series The Writing LifeWith the manuscript of “November Rust” in the hands of my friend, I began to get to work on this new idea that I had been toying around with. I had this vague More...
The Writing Life:”Darker” Days
This entry is part 8 in the series The Writing LifeAs the actual new Millennium began (2001) I was pretty much hard at work with my little press. I was still trying to get my literary zine together, publishing chapbooks More...
The Writing Life: Finally!
This entry is part 7 in the series The Writing Life[media-credit name="Image Bank" align="alignleft" width="300"][/media-credit] It was one of those quite Sunday afternoons in the early Spring 2003. I was working More...
