As a writer sometimes I'm hard on myself. Because I’m not keeping a regular schedule writing. I’m not writing enough. I’m tempted to take the advice of writing journals.... Read more >>

The truth of the matter is, I was a very troubled pre-pubescent kid. Back then, I was the perfect, albeit awkward, picture of mediocrity. It was hard, knowing you weren’t particularly good at... Read more >>

Because this is about living one’s life as a storyteller, I’ll begin with a story. It’s about the person who taught me how to tell a story: my mother. She was a difficult woman Read more >>

I started sending off my stories to magazines when I was thirteen-years-old. (Spin straw into gold. I’d learned that lesson.) I met with success. I might not have felt confident … Read more >>