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Even if there's no road
I have a quote kept near the top of my notes as a reminder of the type of character I’m trying to create for the thriller I’m writing. It’s from David…
Dec 7, 2020
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October 2020
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…
Oct 19, 2020
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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…
Oct 5, 2020
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September 2020
Put the dough on the table
What sourdough and stories have in common
Sep 14, 2020
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August 2020
A side effect of being a writer
Turning doubt into motivation to do hard work
Aug 17, 2020
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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…
Aug 3, 2020
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July 2020
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…
Jul 20, 2020
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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…
Jul 6, 2020
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June 2020
Making habits
An afternoon or three ago, I needed to fix some plot problems in a novel I’m drafting. The ideas weren’t coming. So like any writer who desires to be…
Jun 23, 2020
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Does what I create matter?
It’s been only two weeks since I wrote to you last, but it feels much longer than that. A few months ago, it was easy to live blindly—we knew the world…
Jun 8, 2020
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May 2020
What's inspiring me
I wish I felt normal enough to write something better to you for this newsletter. But this morning, I had a migraine. And my stomach got mad. So…
May 25, 2020
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It is not about I
A few days ago, my brother showed me the story he’s writing and asked, “Am I using the word ‘I’ too much? Almost all of my sentences start with it.” I…
May 11, 2020
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