3/3/24 3/3/24

An Acre of Darkness

I am pleased to announce the publication of my essay, “An Acre of Darkness,” which is about light pollution, living in the country,

3/18/23 3/18/23

How To Write a Book Proposal When You Are a Pantser. Part 1: Chapter Outline

I am a pantser. Like Joan Didion says, I write to understand what I'm thinking. So when I look at the task of writing a detailed outline

3/1/21 3/1/21

Learning my Writing Process

I was a poet for the first ten years of my writing life. Then I started writing poems that, according to my writing group friend, made better stories than poems. And she was right.

7/8/19 7/8/19

Writing Memoir While Young

I was in a room full of writers talking casually about getting published.

“It’s brutal!” said one. “I used to work as an agent’s assistant in New York. I should know!”

3/29/19 3/29/19

How Intersectionality Made Me a Better Poet

When I was in graduate school I took a class on poetry and politics. We read a lot of Russian and Polish poets. I loved reading Akhmatova and Milo sz , but the class did not help me understand how I could write political poetry.

2/18/19 2/18/19

Writer's Field Journal

I am writing a book of writing prompts. Actually it's a journal. Although it's a book. Hm, let's start again.

1/24/19 1/24/19

Three Principles of Revision

Revision. Love it or hate it, I don't care. Just make sure you do it. Revising is the difference between casual and professional writers.

An Acre of Darkness

How To Write a Book Proposal When You Are a Pantser. Part 1: Chapter Outline

Learning my Writing Process

Writing Memoir While Young

How Intersectionality Made Me a Better Poet

Writer's Field Journal

Three Principles of Revision

Crescent Editorial