Writing

A few months ago I watched a documentary about Bruce Springsteen, called “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town.” It’s a deep look at his creative process. In it, he talks about how he came to terms with the reality of his weaknesses as an artist, and admitting that he had them. He [...]

I was reading an essay I wrote a while back, to polish it up for a residency application. It was published in a literary journal, and is going into an anthology that’s coming out this year, so I knew – theoretically, at least – that it couldn’t suck too hard. But I was avoiding it. [...]

I’m pretty sure I was born to be a writer (as much as it’s possible to be born to be anything – meaning that within the giant shimmering matrix of Possibility, this is where I most naturally tend to make meaning for myself). Which does not mean that it’s effortless, or necessarily even pleasant. It’s [...]

This writing business isn’t for sissies. Sometimes it totally blows. I would stop, except I don’t seem to be capable of leaving it alone. So I try things. I am always with the trying of the things. Today I bring you an update on the recent learnings from my tryings. First: I’m trying a new approach [...]

You know how I was saying, about writing your future into being and your past into peace? Yeah, well. About that. That’s what I’m doing right this minute, in this here blog post! (So meta, yes?) What I mean is that the writing workshop planification is shifting before my very eyes. This happened partly after [...]

I pace around the kitchen. Make tea, put away dishes, wonder if there’s coconut milk in the pantry to make that curry I’ve been tasting since I woke up. There’s a kind of restlessness in my activity. I don’t find any satisfaction in this puttering. It’s a distraction from the pressure I feel building, the [...]