by Andi | Jun 22, 2011 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I see a woman in a rocker. Her head is angled as toward the child at her breast. She gazes at him sleepily. It’s the middle of the night, and she has already been awake four times. But still, there is tenderness in this moment, a certain softness in her breath... by Andi | May 28, 2011 | Andi's Book, Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
. . . ultimately, of course, what you do or do not do to and for your writing, you do to and for yourself. — Laraine Herring Most people who know me wouldn’t say that I’m an undisciplined person. I do what I need to do and what I say I’ll do. I... by Andi | May 21, 2011 | Andi's Book, Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
But Jacob stayed behind by himself, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he couldn’t get the best of Jacob as they wrestled, he deliberately threw Jacob’s hip out of joint. The man said, ” . . . . Your name is no longer... by Andi | May 17, 2011 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
As a teacher, I have given lots of writing advice . . . from commas to narrative structure, I’ve covered it all in the classes I teach. But when I simmer down what I know about good writing, I come to five basic pieces of advice. 5. Write often, all the time,... by Andi | May 12, 2011 | Andi's Book
“It was built by the same man that built Monticello,” Dad told the group yesterday over lunch. Something about that sentence sat uneasy with me. A few minutes later, when I said something similar – “He built the courthouse in Palmyra”...