“It may be a book that will change the course of my life… I have yet to discover a micro-chapter or 140 character status update that holds my attention or imagination.” ~ Erin Reel The following guest post by Erin Reel was first published in 2011 on my former blog site, and it is an …
“Art is our way of creating the universe and making it sacred.” ~ Mark O’Brien Last night I saw the movie The Sessions, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. This morning I began to read about the real life of poet and journalist Mark O’Brien, the subject of the film, which led me …
A turning point in how I felt about my writing and myself came when I stopped obsessing about wanting to be a writer and realized that what I really wanted—what I’ve always wanted—was to live a writing life. The difference is profound and led to the name of this blog. The idea of being a …
I get to catch up on magazine reading, such as this nugget from Nicholas Sparks in a recent issue of Newsweek on his favorite mistake: The experience of writing a failed novel is painful. It’s a terrible period of time that I never wish to revisit. But these novels taught me a few things…[continue reading] …