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To show the light
I have to think about endings as a storyteller. Where is the plot going? I wonder. Where will the characters be when the story is over? People who know…
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When I don't feel worthy
I think every writer is afraid that one day, they will wake up and face an audience of readers, and the readers will say, “I knew it! I knew you…
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Put the dough on the table
What sourdough and stories have in common
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A side effect of being a writer
Turning doubt into motivation to do hard work
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Poetry
It’s a cloudy evening here, and I’m sitting at my dining room table without a clear idea of what to send you. I’ve been working on the draft of my novel…
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A letter from a writer in the middle of editing
This week, I spent most of my writing time editing Fluent, a novella I drafted in 2019. I love editing—but it is hard. There are so many possibilities…
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The long fingers of shadow
Often, I think about the past. I think about yesterday or the weekend. About all the times I messed up, about everything that didn’t happen as I…
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