Remember yourself
As a child, I told anyone who would listen that I was a writer, and one day, I would be published. I was quite firm about this, and I refused […]
Tag Archives: writing
A writer
I have a secret life. It’s time I came clean about it. Once, when I moved to a new place, over the course of a few weeks, I had strangers […]
The Drive
Persevering seems to be what I do best, and I don’t always know how I manage. The question, “What am I still doing here?” crosses my mind a lot, and […]
Trigeminal Neuralgia in fiction
Excerpt from Orion Cross My Sky: The house, including his bedroom, smelled like his mother’s stale cigarettes. Orion clambered out of bed, his face aching. It had been a cold […]
Return of the TN Beast
I keep hoping that one day I’ll wake up and the pain will be gone. I give myself that benefit of the doubt. My gift to myself is the desperate […]
Writing and Wing Chun
At a craft lecture at Eckerd College’s Writers in Paradise Conference, Dennis Lehane asked us, “Anyone have a New Year’s resolution they want to share?” I couldn’t answer the question, […]
When writing fails…
The book I once called my “Florida history book” has gone through a thousand and one incarnations, and each time, it was clear something was wrong with it. I just […]
Disembody that part
Writing becomes a whole heck of a lot more complicated when you decide to publish. I learned this more by working behind the scenes than anything else. My dream has […]
Beginning the year
2014 has been a whirlwind–and isn’t every year? It flies by, and we often forget to give thanks, to count our blessings. Every day, I try to be mindful of […]
Excerpt: Looking Back
Looking Back: Falling in Love With Florida History is my latest project, and I’ve jumped headfirst into writing something unlike anything I’ve ever written before. I’ve written all genres, most […]