5 Tips for AWP . . . from an Introvert

In a few minutes, I’m going to walk out of this really STELLAR breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Minneapolis (and when I say stellar, I mean that there’s a machine that makes pancakes and lots of fruit as well as bacon) and head to my first panel of the 2015...

Off to AWP!

In just a bit, Philip is going to pry his sleep-deprived body from bed and take me to the airport so I can catch my flight to AWP.  That’s support. In fact, it was he who insisted I go to the Associated Writers and Writing Program conference, even though he...

Feeding the Creative Soul

 The secret is that it isn’t the writer who decides whether or not his work is relevant. Instead it’s the reader. – Margaret Atwood When I spent my days teaching college students creative writing, I heard – at least once a class – this...