outside my window-october 28

outside my window-october 28

by | Oct 28, 2011 | Columbus GA | 6 comments

Matisse wrote, “To paint an autumn landscape I will not try to remember what colors suit this season, I will be inspired only by the sensation that the season arouses in me: the icy purity of the sour blue sky will express the season just as well as the nuances...
gargoyle 57

gargoyle 57

by | Oct 18, 2011 | my writing, stories | 8 comments

Gargoyle 57 is now out with lots of new work, including a flash fiction story of mine. Here’s the opening of “Mackenzie”: “I waited ‘til you got home,” Rim said, as I came into the den. He was standing by the open front door. I had just come in...
inside outside

inside outside

by | Oct 8, 2011 | journeys | 9 comments

Inside there’s a new feeling–no more books on the floor, no more clutter, lots of space. And there’s movement. Things are changing. Now I stand to write and walk when I feel like it. I can also sit, which I find I sometimes need to do if I’m...
in flux

in flux

by | Sep 20, 2011 | craft of writing, my writing | 10 comments

Just a quick update: the rearranging of my study is temporarily on hold (things still sit in laundry baskets and all around me is still a HUGE mess) as I work on the revision of my novel like someone who has no other life. My third to last packet is due Friday, and I...
rearranging

rearranging

by | Sep 16, 2011 | accumulation | 8 comments

I’ve been sitting too much–novel, lecture, mfa, Contrary, Hunger Mountain, facebook, email, bills, purchases, photos… I noticed that my running injury from last December got worse, not when I ran but, when I sat for 10 hours. I’d been looking...