Help Me Celebrate a Writing Milestone
I just finished writing an 85,000 word novel that I’ve been working on the past couple of years. It feels …
Category Archives: The Writing Process
13 Ways of Looking at Dying, Just Before, and the Moment After
This is the title of a short story I wrote that was published in the Fall Issue of Cobalt Review. …
Blogging and “The Accident of Touching”
These are the last lines of a poem I wrote long ago. The accident of touching is so rare! Sometimes …
The Pieta and the Writer’s Palette
It’s been said that for the writer the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t …
The Art of Sohan Qadri – Tapping into the Unconscious
When I first encountered one of Sohan Qadri’s paintings, I was plunged like a pebble into a still pool, radiating ripples …
Wabi Sabi Writing
One of the things I love most about reading is discovering in another’s words something about myself that I had …
“A Scattering of Rocks” — Zen in the Garden of Eden
Sometimes there’s no other way to capture a moment–a way of seeing or being in the world–than through poetry. So …
Writing – A Leap of Faith
Writing, or any creative endeavor, to some extent is a leap of faith and a huge personal risk. Faith that …
The Beauty of Blogging – A Tribute to Fellow Bloggers and Followers
I discovered a whole new beautiful world when I began blogging four months ago. Until then I’d only read “professional” …
Hot Hills in Summer Heat
“I watch them every summer, the hot hills crouched like a lion beside the road. I see the strength—tawny skin …
