Category: Mini-Topic Chats

  • Writerly Treasures

    Writerly Treasures

    The previous owners of this book of poetry added notes in the margins, highlights and other marks. I can mosey through the pages and pick up on the trails of readers who came before me.

  • The Poetic Process

    The Poetic Process

    Nothing in my life right now is like it was before. I know this moment is a defining one for many of us. We can use the feelings, visions, fear, happiness, the raw emotion of this time and place for writing novels, memoirs, short stories and poems.

  • Poetry and Lock Down

    Poetry and Lock Down

    This might be a perfect time to become involved in some online writing related courses. And some of them are offering their courses at a lower price than usual.

  • A Little First Person Insomnia

    A Little First Person Insomnia

    In January my new primary care doctor took my sleep meds away. I can lie in bed and worry that my scratchy throat is the first symptom of the upheaval my death will cause or I can read. I can sit up and watch my neighbors come and go, driving down to the end of…

  • Let’s Talk Dirty

    Let’s Talk Dirty

    Have you ever felt pressured by friends, editors, publishers, or fans, to include Gratuitous Sex or Violence? Do you feel compelled to add colorful language?