Loss & Desire, and the Search for Something More, in Life & Literature
These are the themes that run through so much of what I’m compelled to write about. No doubt because they …
Tag Archives: writing process
Walking Each Other Home – Why We Write
I’ve reread my novel after being away from it for well over a year. I did so with some trepidation. …
The Pieta & the Writer’s Palette, Redux
It’s been said that for writers the blank page is our canvas and words our paint. But I don’t think …
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 …
Dialogue with Annie Dillard on “The Writing Life”
I read Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” years ago and reread it recently. It was a huge inspiration to …
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 …
Our Quest for Wholeness – Part II of “Some Tragic Falling Off”
“Duality, difference, and desire presuppose “some tragic falling off” from an original (mythical or otherwise) world of undivided wholeness.” So …
