When the Creative Beaver Dam Bursts
Unsurprisingly, these days I’ve been pondering the word “release”. Prisoners are released from jail, butterflies…
The Courage to Ask for Help
As I begin the bizarrely self-referential work of releasing The Release, I’m test-driving the teachings I…
Here’s a peek into THE RELEASE, which comes out this October!
Your writing projects are your babies. Sometimes you dream about them before conception; sometimes they emerge…
What can dancing teach us about writing?
Do you ever feel self-conscious on the page? A shout-out to the Brevity blog for…
This Queer Divine Dissatisfaction
In preparing to launch The Release this October, I’m dizzied by the ironies of releasing a book…
Last Regrets
On a weekly basis, one client or another will tell me, “If I wind up…
Celebration on the Altar of the World
Well, friends, my decades-long obsession with revision has reached a new extreme. I’ve shamelessly messed with…
Flourishing in Creativity’s Gift Economy
A few years ago I submitted an essay to an anthology of queer Minnesotan writing….
“Let it go! Let it go!”
Years ago I coached a Buddhist priest in the development of his memoir. Unlike most beginners,…
Writing in the Cloud of Privacy & Unknowing
Perhaps because my first big writing project gave me room to articulate my sexual longings,…
In Praise of Writing Community—And Fancy Cheese
Twenty-five years ago, I met a woman in the Loft mentor series whose feedback was…
Cherishing the Measureless
As I write, Gwyn’s at the piano practicing a Beethoven Sonata, repeating trills, stumbling on…