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STORIES, MEMORIES, musings
I’ll be writing about writing, about my frequent refusal to write, about teachers I’ve studied with, about things I’ve learned and things I want to learn. I’ll answer your questions, and hope to let you get to know me outside of my writing life. It may not be pretty, but my goal is to be authentic and vulnerable with you.
Reckless Love
I met Lester at a middle school football game on a Wednesday evening in August of 1998…
Mind Yo’ Daddy
I’d wanted to attend The University of Texas from the age of nine, when Frances and Phil Zlotnik, friends of my parents, treated our family to a Longhorn game…
That Was Easy, Wasn’t it?
I’ve known since I was sixteen that I wanted to be a writer. I wrote some bad, rhyming poetry, which got published in the school paper, but I wouldn’t let the editor publish my name on the pieces…
No excuses. Just do the work.
My battle with avoidance, procrastination, putting others’ needs before mine, and fear that the writing won’t be good enough, has been a life-long struggle…
