“I’m just a little unwell.” – Matchbox Twenty, Unwell
I’m having a very hard time of it this week. Some of it is certainly post-vacation letdown, which can be particularly fierce when your vacation consists of a week on a mountaintop hanging out with other writers. (Other attendees have written about this phenomenon, so […]
“I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems / Got to open my eyes to everything” Evanescence, “Bring Me To Life”
I spent the past week at a creative writing retreat, one I’ve been to many times. In some ways, it felt like I was spending more time alone; at home, I’ve always got […]
I’ve been writing fiction off and on for many, many years now. (We won’t get into specific numbers. I want to maintain the illusion of youth.) I did three semesters of creative writing in college and attended at least half a dozen writing workshops over the years, so I’d gotten to the point where I […]
It’s been quite a few years since my first trip to Wildacres Writing Workshop, way back in 1995. I was much younger then (weren’t we all?), and having survived 3 semesters of short story workshops in college, I thought I was a good writer. It had been over 4 years since graduation, so I decided […]
