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

  • 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…

  • A deal with yourself

    My longtime friend and artist Stephanie Barrow spent last year making videos about making art. She made a commitment to herself to do it and she followed through. I love that. Today she posted a video about what she learned from a year of meeting that personal commitment. Besides the window into her vibrant art…

  • In praise of daydreaming

    …or why I love the beach.