I face this crucial question whenever I am about to begin teaching another workshop, always now in memoir writing, which over the last twenty years has become a crucial form of self-expression for many women and some men who aspire to shape, refine and share their stories.
Blog Posts on Writing and Authors
The Spirit of Easter
To me, Good Friday now means that we are about to experience She Is Risen: spring, the yellow tulips in my garden, and the statue of the goddess Quan Yin.
The Pleasures of Being a Lifelong Learner
One of the many advantages of a long life is that there’s time—if it is well used—to keep on learning. I’m reminded of this as I begin again to work
It’s Coming!
I look on the eighteen short stories in How Daddy Lost His Ear and Other Stories as a miracle I will never entirely understand—or need to—but here’s a stab at it.
I’m Proud!
I’ve changed and the site has changed since I started it in 2002.
Some Miracles
I’ve been blessed often in my life but seldom as fully as in this past week.
Cures for the Blues
We’ve been told by many authorities to get outside and walk… another surefire cure for the blues is poetry… And then there’s the power in singing, anytime, anywhere with any kind of voice.
Moving Along Into 2025
Perhaps this great success of Shawnee is what all writers finally achieve—this is my sixteenth published book—but I doubt if it’s that alone.
I Hear America Singing
I just learned that today 91 million Americans are singing: in choral groups, choirs, schools, singalongs and all kinds of informal gatherings, many more than participate in other forms of the arts.
Moving On
So many possible scenarios! So much fascinating reading!