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Fifteen years ago today, in an early morning ice storm on slick, treacherous roads, my father and I began the long, cold, 900 mile drive from Arkansas to South Dakota. The night before, my mother had died of multiple myeloma, after being in a Little Rock hospital for a month, my father at her side, …
A lot has happened since I last posted here: I finished NaNoWriMo (yes, this year, I did it!). Now I need to look over and begin revising the very messy, incomplete draft birthed in November. The term at the college where I teach ended just before Thanksgiving, which means I graded papers and exams and …
I have a confession to make. I’ve been a member of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for nearly seven years, and I haven’t completed the challenge once. Not once. In fact, I don’t think I ever got past a couple of thousand words. Click on the image below for the sad, big picture. That’s not …
September is probably my favorite month. The weather turns cooler. School starts up again. By month’s end the world is painted in glorious oranges and reds and yellows. I can wear sweaters. Our son was born in September. My mother was born in September. The list goes on and on. September’s seasonal change always gives …
