From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Yellow Jacket Summer

30.08.2009

Living in the hills of a small, rural town you get used to nature. You also realize what little control you have over it. Sometimes, it’s a nuisance. At worst, it can be real trouble. At best, a good teacher. My house attracts bees and wasps. Yellow jackets, to be specific. I haven’t a clue what [...]

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That Pesky Voice

24.08.2009

Often a student will ask about voice, and occasionally they’ll want to know what voice to write in. Well, there is voice, and there is voice. First off, every writer has a voice. You can’t make it up. Or use someone else’s. (No, you really can’t write like Judy Blume.) It’s you. It’s how you [...]

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One or Two Good Haiku

23.08.2009

I suspect this will be the beginning of many posts on haiku… It was Basho who said (and I’m paraphrasing) if you write one or two good haiku in your life, you’ve accomplished a lot. Haiku is difficult. It’s not any old seventeen syllable poem. A haiku is not, I repeat, NOT: my dog stole one [...]

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Music for My Left Brain

20.08.2009

So many writers have rituals. A friend insists having any kind of music on while she’s working, distracts her from her writing. For her, before she can get to work, there has to be complete silence. It works for her; she’s very productive. There are other writers who feel the same. I’m not one of [...]

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