What Poets and Writers passed up. . .

Here’s the skinny. . .
In the next to last issue of Poet’s and Writer’s magazine Dan Barden wrote an aptly titled “rant” against workshops. You can read it here.
I wrote the following in response. They elected not to publish it. Hence, here goes:
Dan Barden’s “Workshop: A Rant Against Creative Writing [...]

What kind of reviser are you?

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I think what I appreciated most about Trent Lee Stewart’s visit to UCA last week was his humility and the way this humility underscored that there is no one way to be a writer, that it’s about finding out what process works for you. 
This was most evident when he talked about drafting.  He says he [...]

And now, a word from your friendly garage sale connisseur

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Diverting COMPLETELY from writing, words and books for this entry (don’t worry, I have a juicy new book to review in my next post) I have three pieces of advice for those holding garage sales this season and because my grant writing post seems to get a lot of hits, I’m also hoping to grab [...]

We have another winner!

Cindy Hoppes, commenter extraordinaire, has won The Observation Deck, by Naomi Epel.  I’ll probably get it in the mail Friday, Cindy.  I have your address.
Looking forward to: A Q and A session with novelist Trenton Lee Stewart of Flood Summer, Mysterious Benedict Society and Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey fame in about twenty [...]

Twisters, Tomes and Giveaways

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“Wow. One minute you go to sleep and the next minute you wake up in the bathtub”
                                        Will Vanderslice, age 7, musing on last night’s events
 
It all happened rather suddenly. At eleven last night, I was upstairs glued to the tv keeping storm vigil, as I usualy do during severe weather.  Everyone else [...]