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November 2014

November 12, 2014

A Subtle Grace

My friend Callie wrote a marvelous essay on writing (or not writing), reading, and life...

October 2014

October 07, 2014

Just Slap Something On It

The Paris Review blog has a wonderful, tiny little excerpt from Vincent Van Gogh's letters about what...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

The Perfect Essay

This is a great essay - about essays, and about what a mother can teach...

May 08, 2014

Living in Obscurity

My dear friend Katie is wise, and wrote a great little blog post about choosing...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Why Do We Procrastinate?

Writers are, apparently, the worst procrastinators, though they're hardly the only ones. Procrastination is a...

February 10, 2014

Writing (And Other) Routines

I thought this blog post by Ben Sherman was really interesting. In it, he talks...

January 2014

January 09, 2014

Transitions, In Life – and Writing

Over at The High Calling, Karen Swallow Prior writes about transitions - in life, and in writing:...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Should Christians Work (Sorry, Minister) for Free?

Ed Cyzewski has an interesting piece up at The High Calling asking if Christians ought...

October 2013

October 18, 2013

In Sickness, In Health

I spotted two articles recently about vocation . . . and illness. At Good Letters,...

September 2013

September 13, 2013

Improve Your Writing, Now

I teach writing and edit for a living, so I talk to a lot of...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

The Spiritual Practice of Making Mistakes

Hello from sunny, beautiful Santa Fe, where I'm completing the requirements for my Master of...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

Is Texting Ruining Our Ability to Write?

A couple of days ago I blogged on the question: Is texting ruining our relationships?...

June 2011

June 24, 2011

It It Possible to Teach the Art of Conversation and Civility?

Alissa Wilkinson thinks so. A writing instructor at The King's College in New York City...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Tech Trends: Groupon Uses Poetry and Humor to Grow Its Business

A couple of months ago I signed up with Groupon. Now I get an email...