Winner of The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction How Foolish To Worry I was flying to Louisville to see a man named Evan who had, in his youth, ridden an inner tube at full speed smack into the side of an anchored sailboat on Little Fitts Pond in Holden, Maine. By the time we … Read more
Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? Everyone has to find their own writing process. Writing was always in the background for me, and I never took it seriously until I hit forty. Then I finally sat down with a blank page and began to write. My first attempt took many … Read more
Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I write in a journal, daily. I jot down bits and pieces, words and impressions. I take those pieces to my basement office at 4:30 on a few mornings out of the week. With a candle as my only light, I write and write … Read more
Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I’ve often heard it said that when writing you should get everything down on the page first and worry about rewriting later, but I actually love to edit as I go, moving words around, striking things out, reordering. I usually work in a notebook … Read more
How do you believe a writer improves? Practice? Mentors? Reading everything? Attending festivals? It’s a pretty basic answer, but I think the only way to improve is to write, and then write some more, and even when you think you’ve written enough, keep writing. But I also think that there comes a point, particularly when … Read more
Please tell us a little about your writing process. I see it as a process of gathering and then stripping away. I usually begin with a single idea or image that won’t leave my head and let a narrative unfold. The real work happens in revision, where I peel back the layers of a draft … Read more
Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I still have a day job as a lawyer, so I don’t have the luxury of writing full time. Yet. I have to take time where I can get it. Luckily, I am also self-employed, so my boss doesn’t mind if I take some … Read more
How has your writing process changed over time? In July of 2024, I had a mountain biking accident that left me with a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), which sounds a lot cooler than it actually was. (Note to everyone: the front and back brake levers on a bicycle are reversed in the US and … Read more
What motivated/motivates you to write? Writing is a way to express myself and connect with people who recognize some of their own perception in mine. It also grows out of my love of language, especially the music, precision, and play of words. Do you enjoy writing? Yes, I enjoy taking a seed, sometimes nothing more … Read more
Would you please tell us a little about your writing process? I usually start with an image or a phrase. Sometimes I get ideas from a dream that really stuck with me. Then I try to write my first draft as quickly as I can. If I start going back to re-read and edit too … Read more