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Jul 14

Disappointment and Promotion

When I was early in this writing/teaching career, I had a notion that once I crossed the hurdle of getting published for the first time, the rest would…

Jul 7

When I was in California recently, I watched the moonrise over a distant rocky landscape.

Jun 16

Good Fences Make Good Symbols

This morning as I was doing my writing warm up routine a symbol blew into my mind tailed by a full-blown story.

May 19

Thank you, Lynn Steger Strong, for a great conversation

Apr 28

Girls Talk #3 Yakking With Lynn

The half way point, Mimi Rose, Iowa, the guys

Apr 14

SEX, BETRAYAL, POV

I just want to talk Girls with Lynn Steger Strong

Apr 7

What's Girls To You?

A conversation with Lynn Steger Strong

Mar 31

The Girls Are Got In

In How Fiction Works, James Wood, writing about character, quotes Ford Maddox Ford’s on Joseph Conrad’s notion of “getting a character in.” “Ford and…

Mar 24

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