Stray thoughts, ahas and frustrations as I complete my MFA and revise a manuscript.
Beyond the blog
When you’re 67, you work harder to not come across as a digital dinosaur. A few posts ago, I wrote about writers and social media. Since that post, I have…
Maybe I’ll start tomorrow
My goal for 2024 is to find an agent. I have a lot of work to do before I am ready to query, but I can’t seem to get started…
Don’t be anti-social
Many writers seem to take offense when they are told they will need to promote themselves and their work. Maybe they think that a publisher should be doing this work…
Sidewalks of New York
The Drexel MFA Class of 2024 just spent four days in New York City for our second of three residencies. We worked on our book jacket copy, met an assortment…
Back in the mood
When I typed “The End” at the end of my draft, I knew it wasn’t. That was April and now it’s almost September. I will discuss revision at some point,…
This is not a blog
OK, here we go. I had a blog and virtually no one read it. Yet I spent so much time wordsmithing it, revising it, and then reading it over and…