So, for my big 40th birthday I went to the Detroit Festival For the Arts, where I read an excerpt from a story that received honorable mention in the 2008 Metro Detroit Writers member contest. While it was a fabulous event, the weather was down right oppressive. I would have stayed to shop but it [...]
Posts Tagged ‘reading’
It’s summer and I’m reading
Posted in life, poetry, writing, tagged band reunion, mfa, poetry, reading, writing on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading and creative kids
Posted in art, family, life, tagged art, family, life, reading, writing on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Next Tuesday, March 18, I will be featured reader at Sweetwater’s Cafe in Ann Arbor. I’m a bit nervous about this but excited all the same. It will be my first feature, not that I have a book to go with it, but maybe I’ll find a way to have something to hand out at [...]
Writers Reading at Sweetwaters book release celebration
Posted in family, life, poetry, tagged art, book, creative writing, family, life, mfa, poetry, publishing, reading, writer, writing on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ll be reading Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Sweetwaters Cafe in Ann Arbor as part of the Writers Reading at Sweetwaters Anthology release celebration. I was invited to be a part of this wonderful project by one of the editors and Writers Reading at Sweetwaters reading series leaders Chris Lord. I had the pleasure of meeting [...]
The First Line: Don’t Let That Be the Reader’s Last Word
Posted in writing, tagged fiction, reading, writing on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I recently read an article about first lines in fiction that claimed having the ability to write a powerful first line was something that can’t be taught. I’m not sure I’d go that far, but I do believe that writing an attention grabbing first line is as important as any other aspect of a short [...]
