Memoir writing is a much more serious task than it’s often considered to be. It’s not informal, it’s not casual. It really is the writing of history.
Blog Posts on Writing and Authors
Smoke Signals
Today I’m wondering about the future of literature in our beleaguered country.
Fear of Flying Is Fifty
Jong’s courage in going to bat for all of us who couldn’t speak up for ourselves is a quality I will always admire.
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
…Not exactly a wilderness but a great expanse of desert, south of Santa Fe, that goes on for miles and miles to the sprawling town of Alamogordo.
Writing From the Point of View of Others
Ideas are dangerous: it’s of their very nature, and it’s a danger that permeates the world of reading and writing.
Taken by the Shawnee
The design for the cover of my next book, my historical novel, “Taken by the Shawnee” just arrived from my publisher, Turtle Point Press.
The War on Terror Is at Home
When I pass a pretty adobe house on my street walking Pip, a disembodied voice suddenly speaks: “Hi. Your approach is being recorded.”
The Ms. Book
It arrived yesterday, a large, heavy, hardbound anthology of fifty years of writing from Ms.
Email Issues
Friends, due to issues with my email there will be no posts for the indefinite future… I hope to be posting again very soon!
Writing What You Don’t Know
Writing workshop wisdom used to be write what you know, a doctrine I’ve found increasingly confining.