How Not to Paralyze Your #Writing: A Word on #Reading
"Let us forgive ourselves for writing poems that aren't better than every other poem that has ever been written." - Dean Young, The Art...
A Writer's Duty: 2016 Mass Shootings, Terrorism, and Police Violence
As a writer, my job (as I see it) is to make order from chaos—to bring sense and sequence to the uncomfortable, the disheartening, the...
Stop Justifying Yourself—You Don't Owe Anyone an Explanation
You do not owe anyone a justification. Seriously, you don’t. Not for anything. Not for your music or reading preferences. Not for...
10 Things and Writing for a Living
1. Writing for a living turns you into a different kind of writer. All writers are intricately tied to our work. We all view our...
10 Things and Chronic Illness: Lessons Learned from Sickness
1. There is a difference between surviving and living. Surviving is simple; you wake up and do what it takes to keep breathing until you...
