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“Revising isn’t difficult. All I do is cut some things out and move some things around. When you think about it, it’s really no different from what heart surgeons do.”

“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some which actually happened.”* My two teenage sons were going to a concert in Brooklyn. I was terrified. We live in Connecticut. Not Hartford … Source: To Brooklyn–and Beyond!

(I read this at the Litchfield Writers Guild June Coffeehouse 2016) The tree was going to fall on the house. It was growing in that direction. It was teetering in that direction. If it didn’t fall on the roof, I … Continue reading →

The Litchfield Writers Guild presents its 13th annual June Coffeehouse on Monday, June 13, 2016 6:30-9:00pm Doors open at 6:30pm. Musical interludes 6:30-7pm and at intermission by pianist Hank Milligan. Readings start promptly at 7pm. Original stories and memoirs from … Continue reading →

Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way recommends writers write three morning pages every day to get the creative juices flowing. They don’t have to be Pulitzer material. They can be anything the writer is thinking about. Any stray thought that … Continue reading →

I gave up New Year’s resolutions. If I really want to do something, I’ll do it. And if I don’t want to do it, I’ll find an excuse not to do it, and I’ll do something else instead. That’s usually … Continue reading →