Continue Under All Circumstances

“Continue under all circumstances. Don’t be tossed away. Make positive effort for the good.” – Katagiri Roshi, Zen Master I’m just back from ten days in New Mexico. I had

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Remove the Scaffolding

“Edit your manuscript until your fingers bleed and you have memorized every last word. Then, when you are certain you are on the verge of insanity…edit one more time!” ―

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We Are Not Alone

“The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other but to be with each other.” – Christopher McDougall, author of  BORN TO RUN I like National Novel Writing

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Writing is a Team Sport

How often have we heard about the lonely life of the writer penning prose alone in a garret? The image stirs fantasies of finding the perfect cabin in the woods,

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