The Real Journal

February 18, 2022

Although months go by without writing on this website journal, I do write every morning in a journal. These entries are more personal and private than what I post here. I wanted to share one of these with you. Here’s one I wrote this morning. My editor tells me that the publication date for my […]

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For the Fun of It

September 1, 2021

I had just given a talk to an MFA class when a young woman stood up and asked: How can I make writing fun again? There was a desperate tone in her voice, and I could tell she was struggling with the possibility that maybe the writing life was not for her. Not because she […]

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On The Hook

February 2, 2021

There is a parable in the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas that struck me, after some deliberation, as appropriate to the writing life. The parable compares the Kingdom of God to a woman who is traveling home from the market carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking, the handle broke and the meal […]

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