Within the White Hot Flow of Writing
That’s where I am. Where I love to be. I began a new novel almost as soon as I finished …
Tag Archives: fiction
The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” in Fiction and Film
What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …
For Love of Chaos – My Viking Binge, Trump, & Wrecking-Ball Politics
Since becoming the full-time nanny for my little granddaughter, my reading tastes have taken a decisive darker turn. Instead of …
“Looking for Bobby,” or Losing & Finding Ourselves
May is short story month, and in celebration I’m posting a short story I wrote years ago and published 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 …
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. …
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 …
“When Things Go Missing,” Piecing the Puzzle Together
Short stories are getting a lot of love lately. May has been proclaimed National Short Story Month. Others have dubbed …
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 …
