For Tonight and What We Say
For tonight I am teaching a class about writing and what we want to say and also what we don’t. When I write a story or tell one what I don’t say i...
Tag: stories
It doesn’t matter when you write the story down
I don’t sleep much and sometimes I count although I am not a numbers person maybe I would be better off saying some words whooping crane but I try numbers...
My Friend Cynthia Came Back From Jordan
A few times a year she’s a volunteer dentist She’s back from Jordan now. In Jordan the Syrians were bombing 45,000 Syrians seeking refugee status 45...
Some Days Are Better Than Others
I woke up with words and sun in the window and a story to write (maybe I’ll write it) about Eileen married to farmer named Jim very beautiful Eilee...
Right Angles (Day 26 NaMoPo)
Yesterday at a stranger’s to pick up a manuscript struck once again by how there are right angle apartments everything has a linear place a chair is abs...
My Mother Was My First Reader
My mother was my first reader. She had some suggestions. I’ve never been good at suggestions, even then. I’d written a story about two friends based...