Family Ties
“The one thing all nations share is the fear that a member of the family will want to be an artist.” – Robert Frost My family’s fears have come true.
March 8, 2008
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Body Double
“If we had to say what writing is, we would define it essentially as an act of courage.” – Cynthia Ozick Even on good days I need little tricks to
February 8, 2008
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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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Go Team!
Go Team! “Anybody can become a writer, but the trick is to stay a writer” – Harlan Ellison One Friday in August,1996, I watched two women sitting across from one
November 3, 2007
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Pass the Pumpkin Pie
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi Anyone remember the back room at Nickelby’s bookstore? I attended a booksigning there one October more than twenty years ago. I hadn’t intended to
October 3, 2007
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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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“What’s the best thing you can do for your writing? Construct a boring life.” – Dorothy Allison
When Dorothy Allison asked our Goddard M.F.A. class “How do you get your writing done?” I should have kept my mouth shut. “I bribe myself with decaf soy lattes,” was
August 1, 2007
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Mac Envy
I learned to word process in 1987 on Word Perfect 4.1 for DOS. PC logic lives deep in my bones. But today, for the first time in twenty years, I
June 20, 2007
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McSweeney’s Needs Help Too
Yikes. More financial difficulty on the literary front. This time McSweeney’s needs our help. If you’re not familiar with McSweeney’s, click here. The following is an excerpt from McSweeney’s June
June 14, 2007
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When All Else Fails . . .
. . . get more software. While my attempts to use various types of software to write my book have not been completely productive, according to the recent New York
June 10, 2007
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