Last month, I heard from a young writer whom I taught a couple of years ago at Winchester University (England). She said she’d realized that the thing she most wanted in life was to be a writer, and she asked if I had any advice for her. Well, I’ve spent two decades or so thinking …
Ahh, it’s good to be back. I’ve had another of those hiatuses, where blogging, as much as I like it, didn’t quite get to the top of the stack of plates. That’s is a metaphor I once invented to explain to a friend why many (most? all?) men can only think about one thing at …
It’s been a busy week or so since my last post – lots of teaching to prepare for and do. I’m hoping to manage another blog post today about some of that, but now I wanted to share some more thoughts about getting into a lasting writing habit. A few things have happened since last Wednesday. …
Don’t Worry, Write Happy: daily drafting, Tom Raworth, and the hedonism of writing Read More »
On Tuesday, I went to two talks – one by literary agent, one by an author – and I was delighted to spend several hours learning very little. I wouldn’t often say that was time well spent, but this was an exception. I don’t mean the speakers were bad; quite the reverse. First Louise Burns, …
Secrets of Agents: or how to get in with the Smiley People Read More »
I am a sporadic writer, of poetry at least. I do start every working day with writing, but it’s not usually a poem. I tend to write my poems in bursts, as I have always done since I was 16. I might write nothing for weeks or even months, and then create a flurry of …
Getting (re-) started, again: or, feel the fear and write it down anyway Read More »
