Not Failure
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill Outwardly, December looks like a failure. I hoped to revise Twenty-Six
January 4, 2018
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Unanswerable Questions
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.” – Rainer Maria Rilke I don’t feel like writing today, but I’m writing
March 3, 2012
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Mom
I’m beside myself with grief. My mother, Sarah Ellen Buddelmeyer, died Sunday, December 30, 2007. My family is in mourning. Please keep us in your thoughts. And please keep writing.
January 3, 2008
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Yakety Yak
“James Blish told me I had the worst case of ‘said bookism’ (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to
September 2, 2007
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Calling All Angels
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.” – Robert Frost As many of you know, my beloved niece Jamey Ax, passed away on February 6, 2007. She
March 3, 2007
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Creative Rehab
I’m sitting in Port Townsend, WA in the computer lab of Goddard College‘s west coast branch where I’m working on my MFA in creative writing. When I checked my email
February 13, 2007
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No Words
My niece has been sick with cancer for 499 days. On Tuesday, day 500, she died. She was 24 years old. I have no words to express my sadness. It’s
February 7, 2007
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