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Every third Tuesday, I offer explorations into language, grief, and mystery.

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Grief the Shadow

with Turning Points: An exploration

The Last Poem in my Current WIP

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Rethinking Writing when the Usual Model Doesn't Help

Overcoming the Terror of the Blank Page

Some Thoughts on Imitation

Greetings, friends.

We Need Story

, But We also Need to be Critics

A Few Basics on Writing Dialogue

I’d like to welcome my new subscribers today. It’s good to have you here. Welcome! *********************************************** This month, I wanted to focus on a technique used in writing dialogue that is of interest to both fiction and nonfiction writers. The technique, called the dialogue beat, doesn’t get much attention. Many writers don’t use them or think about them that much, though…

What To Do Next

A Brief Update

What I Couldn't Say in the Obituary

Two weeks ago, my wife passed away suddenly.

Of Plots and Pants

Complicating a Popular Binary in Writing Circles

Tuesdays in Advent, 4

Jesus as a Fiction Writer