2020, Here We Come
1. Decade of Change It’s not only the end of the year, but the end of a decade*. Maybe that’s …
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Accounting
Tis the season for accounting. It’s the time of year when we let ourselves have that second cocktail or slice …
Doldrums & Distractions
Hello there. It’s been a while. I’ve been on the road quite a bit. Pullman, Port Townsend, Tucson, San Francisco, …
Chasing Epiphany
Each year, I cobble together an educational program that serves as my DIYMFA. Usually, this means a residency, classes at …
REJECTED! (Part Deux)
When someone discovers that I’m a writer, they are most likely to blurt one of two things: nervousness at me correcting …
What Is She Doing?
The title question is perhaps best answered when accompanied by another: “Are writers really introverts — or do we seek …
Countdown
Today is one of those fall Sundays in Seattle that I live for: the sky is bright white with a …
This One Time At Writers Camp
Great art is clear thinking about mixed feelings. —WH Auden During a recent Pacific Northwest heat wave, two hundred writers …
AWP14
Those who didn’t venture near the Washington State Convention Center in the last four days are likely unaware that over …
Rules
Must the Gun Always Fire? (And Other Rules of Writing) was the theme of Friday night’s Hugo House Literary Series …
Risk
Picture this: TSA agents staring slack-jawed at monitors, screening for dangerous weapons like guns and suntan lotion in bottles larger …
Economy
At the end of my junior year at university, I acknowledged two facts whose existence I had struggled to shrug …
Slapstick
Despite my wacky and ribald personality, my go-to style of writing often lists into the maudlin and the serious. I …
Feet First
After wading through my firm’s annual marketing report and compiling an inventory of my own literary works for EDGE class …
Homecoming
I had anticipated last week’s trip to Pullman, Washington, for some time. Since November, I’ve been working with teams to …
Happy Frickin’ New Year
‘Tis a new year —a time of hope, an era of beginnings, fresh starts, healthy diets, exercise regimes, flapping doves, …
Things I Learned in Texas, Part 2
Sometimes, you just don’t see it coming. Last Friday, I felt a bit off; I figured it for a backlash …
Have and Have-Not
A couple of weeks ago, I attended the first installment of the Hugo House Literary Series, one of four events …
