fiction

  • Second Draft Terrors

    Second Draft Terrors

    I’m afraid of the work. I’m afraid I am lazy. I’m afraid I am really a short-fiction writer with delusions of novel-writing. I’m afraid that after I write this entire draft I will have to find the fortitude to re-write the entire thing again. I’m afraid I won’t find it.

  • The Money Question

    The Money Question

    When I first found my way back to writing, a big part of my motivation was that I wanted to quit my job. I wanted to wake up mid-morning, drink a leisurely cup of coffee, write, meet my editor for a wine-filled late lunch, read, perhaps wander through a museum, have a nice dinner and…