Sunlit Trees

Fear, Fraud, and Fiction

I am a writer. The first time I said those words aloud my brain screamed, “you are a fraud.” I attended the New Hampshire Writers’ Project’s (NHWP) Writers’ Day. That was when conferences were live, not virtual. There I stood, surrounded by hundreds of authentic writers. They, with their memoirs, Read more…

Typewriter

Toss the Typewriter’s Origin Story

As we approach the tenth anniversary of my first Toss the Typewriter post it is time to brush off the dust bunnies, toss out unused words, and redecorate my website. Like many others in this near-post-Covid-19 world, I have found simpler is easier and less is a multitude. That new-found Read more…

Writing Files

Technology and Creativity

Several summers ago, in my first writing workshop, I joked that the difference between a Master of Information Technology and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) was my MFA homework could be done while resting in my hammock. While that statement is sometimes true (at least in the waning days Read more…