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Exhausted. I just finished editing Cold Rock, which is 51,000 words (I know–it’s a short book; my other book is 103,000 words, and my newest manuscript is on track to be longer than both of my first two books combined). I feel like I always do in such writing marathons, like I’ve been to some…
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Yesterday, after meeting with a fellow writer, I made the decision to just push through with Cold Rock and write/edit until it is done. Today, despite the various needs with the family (and working out this morning, which I was pleased that I did not compromise my health to write more), I was able to…
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photo: rus vanwestervelt . . . .full-time writer. (what–did you think I was going to say….Bee?) I had a great conversation today with a good friend and fellow writer, Corey. In just the two hours or so that we talked about the art and craft of writing, I realized that I have to move some…
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Well, it’s been three months since I started blogging daily here, and I’ve been pretty surprised at the discoveries I’ve made along the way. First, writing daily really does contribute to living a more balanced life. In addition to the 500 or so words I’ve been writing here every day, I write my “morning pages”…
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Earlier tonight, in my EDUC 301 class at Towson U, two of my student-colleagues presented their I-search journeys with the rest of the class. Both were outstanding models for the others to follow. What made them especially interesting were their links to teaching, the arts, and fulfilling someone’s definition of “success.” We were asked to…
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There’s a quote by Henry David Thoreau that has been in my head these past few days (actually, there’s been a lot of his words with me lately). Thoreau wrote, “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.” In my younger years, I had experienced this transcendence…
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photo: rus vanwestervelt; guitarist: sean liverman I alluded to this weekend’s bookends of great memories and music in my post a few days ago, and so I thought I’d go into a little more detail about why Saturday was so special to me. My son and I were fortunate enough to squeeze into the sold-out…
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Before I begin with today’s post, I must apologize that I cannot yet write about yesterday’s “Applause, Applause” bookends that I wrote about last night. It seems my USB cable is plugged in some other computer far, far away from here, and I will have to wait at least a day to download the pictures…
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It is late, and I cannot go to bed without posting on this, day 85 of my yearlong blogging adventure. What I have to really say, though, will have to wait until tomorrow. I’ll give you the tease…. The day’s bookends were both high school related, from seeing Sound of Music performed by our students…
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Budding life trees freeze While storms of snow grow closer My guitar weeps still.
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