
Fun with Haikus
Maybe I’ll write haikus more often because it was more fun than I remembered! Continue reading Fun with Haikus
Maybe I’ll write haikus more often because it was more fun than I remembered! Continue reading Fun with Haikus
Happy Birthday to my late brother Stephen. He would be 45 today. ❤ Continue reading Grief Lessons
Today’s lesson: Always be yourself. If you’re anyone else, you’re a phony baloney and baloney tastes gross. Continue reading Be You Now
Don’t expect whatever you write first to open your story. Initial scribbles often start the writing process but not the actual prose. Continue reading Write Your First Lines Last
Who says a journalism background is useless? A lot of writers, and they’re wrong. Here’s why. Continue reading Build Your Characters with Interviews
A little ditty about the paradox of aging. Continue reading Aging
A poem to be returned to sender. Continue reading 20 Unsent Letters
The writing process ought to be unveiled more openly, so I’ll be blogging the insights and tips I discover in classes, workshops, books, essays and on my own, here on my website. Please comment or send me your questions. Continue reading Anxiety in Story
This story-poem plays with personification, metaphor, and symbolism. It’s a meditation in letting go of trauma and loss. Continue reading The Shattered Vase
This poem was written during Kate Gray’s global writing prompt call on March 22, 2020. The prompt was “after the winter.” You can find info on the call via her FB page. Continue reading Cherry Blossom Rebel