Blog
Psych Up Live Podcast
Listen to my April 17 conversation with Suzanne Phillips on the Psych Up Live podcast. More
Bringing Inspiration to Earth podcast
Listen to my conversation with Robert Sharpe on the Bringing Inspiration to Earth Podcast. More
Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press
My essay collection, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless, will be published on April 22, 2025. These twelve tales of discovery invite readers to experience nature mindfully in a time of uncertainty. More
How and Why to Write Parties
How depicting large gatherings in your fiction or nonfiction can illuminate character, advance plot, and enhance setting. More
Giving and Receiving Feedback
How to make the most of critiquing others' writing and getting your writing critiqued. More
Keys to Keeping On
How to urge yourself forward when writing feels hard, slow, and possibly pointless. More
How to Manage the Middle
How to transform a story's middle from monotonous to magical. More
How to Write Less
How to improve your writing through judicious--or even ruthless--cutting. More
On Endings
Ideas about creating satisfying endings for your stories, essays, memoirs, or novels. More
"So Near the Soil" published in The Georgia Review
My essay, "So Near the Soil," about farming ambitions and disillusionment, appears in the Winter 2023 issue of The Georgia Review. More