Last fall, I posted a SCN online course called “Writing About Your Mom without Guilt,” an offshoot from a workshop I conducted at the last SCN conference in Texas. Within days, I reached my maximum number of eight students. Len Leatherwood, online course coordinator, said, “Who knew there were so many women wanting to write […]
During a Book Event via Zoom for my novel-in-stories, Floating in the Neversink, one of the attendees asked me to recall the worst thing that happened professionally. What could I answer? Should I mention the rejection letter I received from a writing contest addressed to Miss Wilson, wondering if the real Miss Wilson received my […]
Words are my life, Not just to speak my thoughts, Not just to free-associate with my shrink, Not just to count backwards before anesthesia. Words are the actors in my poems, The plots in my short stories, The themes in my essays, The motives in my novels. Words are “the stream I go a-fishing in,” […]
