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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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The Light-Craving Stories of George Saunders

November 20, 2014

What is it that I love about the wildly weird, dark and dorky stories of George Saunders? Ever since reading …

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Getting Serious about Our Life’s Work

September 30, 2014

I read Steven Pressfield’s book “The War of Art” not long ago and followed up with its sequel “Turning Pro: Tap …

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More on “The Writing Life” with Annie Dillard

August 28, 2014

One of the things I love about Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” is how it addresses both the drudgery and …

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Dialogue with Annie Dillard on “The Writing Life”

August 18, 2014

I read Annie Dillard’s book “The Writing Life” years ago and reread it recently. It was a huge inspiration to …

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The Slant of Afternoon, Playing with Light

July 10, 2014

A notebook full of poetry I had worked on for years has disappeared. Vanished. Many of the poems I never …

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On Herds, Husbands & Riffing on Writing

June 30, 2014

Serendipity, it’s sometimes called. Those happy coincidences that lead to some unexpected pleasure or insight. Or synchronicity. Those meaningful encounters …

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Writing on Writing – A Writing Process Blog Hop

June 16, 2014

Writers love to write about writing. It’s not surprising. It’s our passion. So when I was invited to participate in …

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Selling My Babies. Where’s the Joy?

May 29, 2014

It’s never the full-blown joy I expect when a short story is accepted for publication. Even when the acceptance letter …

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In Limbo, While Live Lambs Burn

May 2, 2014

I won’t be writing here for awhile. Probably. Maybe. I don’t know. I’ve started several blog posts but can’t finish …

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Our Quest for Wholeness – Part II of “Some Tragic Falling Off”

January 26, 2014

“Duality, difference, and desire presuppose “some tragic falling off” from an original (mythical or otherwise) world of undivided wholeness.” So …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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