Tag Archive for father
Journaling and Italy and My Father
published on August 13, 2011I’m not into journaling. I know a lot of writers are, and if I never get another journal as a gift, I’ll be a happy girl. I just don’t care for it. Part of me wishes I did. I…
When Good Things Happen
published on July 25, 2011On July 3 I flew off to Italy for my MFA residency and a much needed vacation. One of the lectures I attended while there was by my MFA mentor, Mary Yukari Waters. She spoke about “The Deceptively Simple…
10 Things I Am Thankful For
published on November 26, 2009A Thanksgiving meme borrowed from my AWer buddy, Kate. The rules? List ten things you are grateful for, but every even numbered item must be about writing in some way.
- My Four Fathers (not to be…
Underpainting Yourself into Your Work
published on August 21, 2009We can’t escape it. Somehow bits of ourselves worm and wheedle themselves into everything we write, even without our knowledge. Our opinions and views, our history, our emotional hang ups. The boy we pined for. (You know who you…
