BEHIND THE SCENES: THE INSIDE LIFE OF A WRITER

On Fear, Rejection, and Persistance in the Writing Life

If external circumstances wage battle against our writing, they are nothing compared to the war that internal circumstances wage, those demon voices that assault even the most confident writer... [READ MORE]

Writing feels impossible, each word the move of Sisyphus. My stories and poems are lackluster; they stare back at me with that look on their faces. "So what?" they say. Nothing I write feels earned or necessary. I'm just putting in time, yet I'm afraid to stop and simply wait for the work to ripen on its own, afraid I will lose it completely.[READ MORE]