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Fame

Shortly after attending Clarion, I was bragging about it to a colleague. “All the teachers are published authors,” I said. “Like who?” she asked. I listed my instructors.  She stared blankly. “What would they have written that I would have read?” she asked. I’d mentioned award winners, a genuine New Read more…

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My writing process

My writing procrastinating process. At least last night. Step one: Listen to music while playing 2048 for two hours. Step two: daydream about David Bowie. Worry about ethics of daydreaming about actual person, switch to Spike the vampire, Feyd from Dune… specifically as portrayed by Sting, specifically that one scene where Read more…

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My First Novel

Like everyone I’ve ever seen answer the “when did you start writing?” question in an author interview, I wrote a novel in grade school. Now, I’ll be fair – this wasn’t my FIRST novel. First came a story Grace and I wrote together, trading a notebook back and forth, each Read more…