For My Dad
For My Dad I just wrote my father’s obituary; the first obituary I have ever written. Obituaries aren’t all that difficult to write, at first glance. Anyone who has read even a few knows […]
Rewording
Rewording Myself
Today I have been struggling to write a joint blog post with Tedrowe. In the spirit of this blog, I have been striving to approach a new perspective and level of depth in writing for […]
An Obituary for AppleSeeds
An Obituary for AppleSeeds It used to be said that publishing was a gentlemen’s business: deals were conducted over lunch with only a handshake to seal them, and there was a sense that it […]
What Do You Believe?
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. Gustave Flaubert Flaubert’s quote really speaks to me as I am in the process of learning a new kind of writing, […]
Then Don’t Write
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it. -Anais Nin This is […]
Sanitize and Simplify
In my blog post “Dick and Jane Go to the Homeless Shelter,” I wrote about the methods that educational publishers use to sanitize their books and articles, usually so as to not offend the […]
Just Bleed
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” -Red Smith For those who think that writing is easy– and for those who know that it is […]
On Writing and Complacency
I have become, in certain ways, a complacent writer. I have spent many years of hard work, frustration, persistence, tears, rejections, and near surrender to make a career out of my craft, […]
On Selfishness
Selfish. Stubborn. Self-centered. Egotistical. These words taunt me. They pop up unexpectedly in the middle of my day. I run into them around random corners in my thoughts. I feel as if they should […]
About Us
A friend working in sustainable development one day threw up her arms in disgust at how phony the “Green” movement had become. From her point of view, the world was not growing or changing from […]
Gnostic Green 