For one night only I am an Indianapolis Colts fan. I don’t just want them to win, but I want them to win big, and for no other reason than that I don’t want the Jets to get to run the ball with Matt Forte. Nothing personal, Mr. Forte, but you’re on the team playing … Continue reading Hating On Matt Forte
“It’s the fear that you’re past your best. It’s the fear that the stuff you’ve done in the past is your best work.” ~Robbie Coltraine I guess it’s about time I had a midlife crisis. All the signs are there, after all: I’ll be 40 next month I’ve been married for 13 years The gray … Continue reading @Mid-Life
Four years ago I decided I was going to just go for it. I decided I was going to try my hand at the challenge of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. I had tiptoed around it for years, doing the complicated dance of feinting like I was going to do it, and then backing … Continue reading The First November
Writing is not a sedentary enterprise because my brain is always working overtime to keep up with everything that’s going on in the story, like I’m spinning plates. The characters become my friends sooner rather than later, sometimes poking me in the arm by page 3, ready to drive their own storylines and hoping I … Continue reading The Process | Part 3
Dear Journal, Some days I feel disconnected from society, like I’m a pod person just emerging for the first time and reticent to interact with others for fear that they’ll find out I’m not one of them. This was one of those days, when I fought hard to keep in my “crazy” because I knew … Continue reading Dear Journal: E.T. Days
Every day I return to this place, and I exhale as I round the final curve and drive down the hill. I crane my head to the left to catch my first glimpse of our house, lonely out there in the field, waiting for us to move in. But there is still time remaining to … Continue reading Home
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