Hey friends - I've been away for awhile, mostly blogging at the Brevity lit mag site, and writing a couple of books.

- If you're still in the Despair stage post-election, you might like this blog post in particular: Chop Wood, Carry Water.
Inspired by kathrynrose and about how to move on in our creative work in the face of the unthinkable ( Read more... )

It was a truly lovely holiday, spent mostly in Sri Lanka (which is a little like India Lite - cleaner, less-crowded, less poverty, less color and more expensive). There was beach time and city time and honest-to-god-no-wifi-or-electric, swimming-in-a-waterfull, rainforest time ( Read more... )

It's a long ride home, via another gig in Utah. Though, from Dubai to Salt Lake City is not that big a stretch: multiple wives, funny underwear, difficult to buy alcohol. Basically, they're the same place with a 90-degree weather difference ( Read more... )

I am in a dorm room on a small Ohio campus with beautiful Gothic architecture. I am spending the next week at a writing workshop - class every day starting tomorrow, 8:30-noon, lunch, free time (I hear there will be homework - the focus of the retreat is generating new work), and evening readings ( Read more... )

Long but good week - drove Florida-Memphis-Michigan-Indianapolis-Michigan. Indianapolis was a fun corporate event, a reception with a circus theme. Basically, after a long day of conventioneering, the various companies showcasing their products put on receptions in the hotel ballrooms, sort of competing for guests, to see who has the coolest/most ( Read more... )

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Top 5 lies women use to avoid seeming superficial ( Read more... )