“The Poet and The Line” Workshop Recording is Now Available
The recording of my virtual workshop on the poetic line is now available. … Read More “The Poet and The Line” Workshop Recording is Now Available
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How I Help Writers: My First Year of Writing Coaching
Here are some of the projects I’ve taken on this year as a writing coach and independent teacher: … Read More How I Help Writers: My First Year of Writing Coaching
What I Published in 2020
Despite everything, I was able to continue my writing and publishing practice. I clocked 108 rejections this year. … Read More What I Published in 2020
Book Review of Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems
During this time of social distancing, the idea of the door as a way of maintaining safety is especially relevant.… Read More Book Review of Through This Door: Wisconsin in Poems
September-October 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field notes during the pandemic haven’t yet figured out how to transform these writings into publishable works for an audience. For a multitude of different reasons, other writers are… Read More September-October 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
July-August 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field notes during the pandemic haven’t yet figured out how to transform these writings into publishable works for an audience. For a multitude of different reasons, other writers are… Read More July-August 2020 Online Writing Classes: Writing Your Pandemic Story and Micro-Memoir 2.0
Writing Your Pandemic Story Through Micro-Memoir: Online Writing Class, May-June 2020
Note: This class has completely filled up! Thank you for your interest, and stay tuned for future class offerings later this summer. COVID-19 is a global pandemic, but every person has a unique story to share about weathering this collective trauma and summoning up resilience. Some writers who are keeping journals, diaries, or field… Read More Writing Your Pandemic Story Through Micro-Memoir: Online Writing Class, May-June 2020
What I Published This Year: A 2019 Scrapbook
Happy (almost) New Year! I hope that whoever is reading this has been able to find some rest and relaxation this holiday season. It’s been quite a year in terms of politics, politically-charged vigilante violence, a continued refusal (by some) to turn around this thing called global warming, crises large and small around the world,… Read More What I Published This Year: A 2019 Scrapbook
“My True Story”: An Interview with Kate O’Brien Wooddell
Writer, storyteller, and educator Kate O’Brien Wooddell recently published her first collection, Beasts, through Florida’s Happy Tapir Press. Beasts is a compendium of poems, flash memoir, and even a couple of pieces that verge into surrealism and magic. Beasts covers familial, often politicized themes like motherhood and daughterhood, sexual abuse, travel, memory, and reconciliation, all… Read More “My True Story”: An Interview with Kate O’Brien Wooddell
Summer Send-Off
It’s nearly the end of August, so I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what happened this summer. This post is more for my own records than anything else. I’m not sure how wide the audience is for this type of post, but what’s a blog for anyway? A blog’s a… Read More Summer Send-Off
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