Can You Paint a Poem?
It’s a question a blogger friend asked one day in response to my comment that I would like to try …
Category Archives: The Writing Process
My Art or My Novel. Which Would You Choose?
Someone asked me recently what I loved more, my painting or my writing? Or, she added, is that like trying …
Poets on Poetry: Mark Doty, Mackerel & Metaphors
One of the things I love most is writing about writing, unraveling the creative process, how the mind at play …
Good Prose and Good Science — Quibbling with the Masters
At first Steven Pinker was my new hero. Within the first few pages of reading his widely acclaimed “The Sense …
The Light-Craving Stories of George Saunders
What is it that I love about the wildly weird, dark and dorky stories of George Saunders? Ever since reading …
More on “The Writing Life” with Annie Dillard
One of the things I love about Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” is how it addresses both the drudgery and …
On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing
Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …
Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop
Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …
Selling My Babies. Where’s the Joy?
It’s never the full-blown joy I expect when a short story is accepted for publication. Even when the acceptance letter …
A Poet’s “Sense Sublime” – Part III, “Some Tragic Falling Off”
Language is that which gives rise to difference, to the desire for difference, and, at the same time, the desire …
