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Haiku

“Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.” —Anne Lamott

08.05.2011

When I first studied writing, an instructor asked me if I was a long writer or a short writer. Of course, I said long. Everyone wants to write novels, right? Except I’m not a long writer. I write short. I read something interesting (though don’t remember where), that short writers have a hard time keeping [...]

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Pretty Please, May I …

10.04.2011

A lot of times, students ask me what they should be writing. They want to know what readership age, what genre, what topics. I get a lot of tell me what you want me to do. It puzzles me. Over at My Tangible Art, Lisa had an interesting post about giving yourself permission. I thought [...]

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Succinct and Eloquent

20.03.2011

One thing journaling has made clear for me is the pleasure of tightly written prose. You’d think it would be the other way around. Pouring whatever is in your head onto the page until it was drenched is the prerogative of journaling. And first drafts. Except my journal isn’t a draft, and it isn’t Morning [...]

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Knitted Words

01.12.2010

I love when I can combine two of my favorite things—in this case, writing and knitting. I don’t have to tell you how excited I was to find Poetry Mittens on Ravelry. The tradition of knitting the text of poems into mittens dates back to the late 18th century. And it lives on today. I [...]

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