DREAMING 0:00 / 0:00 Dreaming I write for a living, which means I sit in front of a computer for hours. For years, I balanced on the edge of a rigid wooden chair. Later, I moved to a tipsy rolling chair. Neither provided back support. Four years ago, I bought a metal chair for a […]
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WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE?MOVIE REVIEW I thoroughly enjoyed Maria Semple’s quirky book, Where’d You Go, Bernadette and looked forward to viewing the movie adaptation. The day after it opened, I went to the theater with friends. Cate Blanchette is a spectacular actress. She played the part of Bernadette to perfection, with exactly the right amounts of
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GRAVITY Photo Courtesy of Across the Margin A literary journal called Across the Margin just published my short story, Gravity. You can read it down below. However, the journal is so interesting and the graphics are so cool, I suggest you take a look at it online. *** Marilyn’s last sight before dropping dead on the steaming
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THE WRITER’S STORY PODCAST ON MAINTAINING CRITIQUE GROUPS Would you like to hear a discussion about writing communities and critique groups? How to form a group? How to organize meetings? Ways to think about group dynamics? Meredith Cole and Kristin Swenson invited me to participate in the podcast discussing the topic. I join the discussion
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EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN Everyone Brave is Forgivenis a book you should read if you would like to nourish your brain. Just about every sentence is deliciously well written. The novel is set in London and Malta during World War II and addresses the themes of class, race, and the morality of war. Eighteen-year-old Mary,
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A WOMAN IS NO MANBOOK REVIEW “I was born without a voice, one cold overcast day in Brooklyn, New York. No one ever spoke of my condition. I did not know I was mute until years later, when I opened my mouth to ask for what I wanted and realized no one could her me.
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THE STORY OF ARTHUR TRULUVBOOK REVIEW Are you looking for a pleasant summer read? Consider The Story of Arthur Truluvby Elizabeth Berg. Each day, eighty-five-year old Arthur Moses eats his lunch by the graveside of his wife, Nola, who died six months before. As he walks into the cemetery and passes other headstones, he vividly
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DEAD TO MESERIES REVIEW The trailer for the Netflix series, Dead to Me, caught my attention. In it, we see a cheerful neighbor delivering a casserole to Jen, whose husband was just killed by a hit and run driver. The neighbor says, “Jeff and I can’t imagine what you are going through.” A totally deadpan
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INHABITING YOUR CHARACTER:PONINT OF VIEW Streetlight Magazine just published my article on point of view. You can read it below. Have you ever used virtual reality goggles to watch a movie? Imagine that the film starts off in an African village. Ahead of you, you see a hut and can almost smell the smoke rising
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SPARKS OF JOY 0:00 / 0:00 Sparks of Joy My Facebook feed is full of photos of shipshape garages, orderly closets and neatly stacked undies. Marie Kondo, an organizing consultant, encourages people to sort their belongings. And, if an object does not spark joy, toss it. Some of my belongings do not elicit a spark
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