A Character History
Being a brief history of your author and the circumstances which led her to take up the pen…
Writing Is More Than A Solo Adventure
When the writing gets lonely, it’s time to build your community so you can gather your party before venturing forth…
Diagnosing the Body
The first time I end up in the mental ward, I swear it’ll be the only time… a short memoir.
A Story is a Moment of Change
One of the first exercises that we were assigned during my writing studies at UNC Asheville was the “circular story”. In a page or so, we were to write a complete narrative. The caveat, of course, was that the story had to begin and end “in the same place”…
The Liturgy of the Word
A flash memoir on loss and religion, this piece was originally published in the print edition of the 2012 edition of Headwaters, UNCA’s creative arts magazine.
Writing is a Long and Winding Road
All we can do is take Things day by day… I have a confession to make: I am a slow writer. Like snail’s pace slow. Like sloth-migration slow. Like glacier creating a lake bed in granite during the deepest depths of an ice age slow. I blame most of this literary sluggishness on the fact…
Let’s Start Something New
Scribbler, scratcher, new first drafter, how does your garden grow?
Are You Taking Your Writing Seriously?
Until we decide to take our writing seriously, it remains all too easy to dismiss our words…
A Year of Stories
It’s time for a new beginning. Here’s to many more…
Where Do You Find the Joy?
When life gets hectic, it can be hard to trust the process…
