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How do you know you’re a writer? If you wrote today, you’re a writer.

  • Real people speaking

    I recommend attending your local city council meetings. For me there are two benefits. I learn more about the policies that are going to directly impact my life, and I get to see how my elected leaders engage each other as they make tough decisions. (I’m impressed with the civility of Eugene Oregon’s city council.)…

  • So long, Tom

    It was author Tom Robbins — Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues — who first hinted to me that a novel can do anything. Really. Any thing. His books are funny, insightful and light on their toes. After finishing reading any of them, I understood I was reading for the journey, not the…

  • One writer’s tick

    I’ve had a manuscript sitting in a folder for a while, a long while. Sometimes a writer knows a problem exists in the story, but can’t quite identify it. Every now and then I’d get the manuscript out and dip into various chapters seeking clues. Then one day last summer, it came to me. I’d…