The cover is the first thing people see about your book. You want it to grab attention and set up an expectation of what the book is about. I am so glad the Press gave me the opportunity to contribute … Continued
“You’ve been working on your book forever!” “How long has it been? 3 years? 5 years?” “At this rate you’ll never finish.” If you’re a writer, you’ve probably heard the above or some version of it at least once. Worse, … Continued
“It has been estimated that the average person has sixty thousand separate thoughts each and every day.” – Wayne W. Dyer. Most of us have minds that race night and day and if you’re a writer a major chunk of … Continued
I am back from my Pakistan trip. It was by far the most literarily productive vacation I’ve ever taken. Reasons being: * I ran a Poetry Workshop in collaboration with Foundation for Arts, Culture and Education (FACE) which was a … Continued
This blog post was written during jetlag and recovering from the FIFA World Cup 2014 Final (I was supporting Argentina…sigh). Factor in kegs of caffeine and you get a fair idea of my state-approaching-zombie. I have tried to be lucid … Continued
Part II: LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES Two screenwriters, a memoirist, three novelists, one creative nonfiction author, and a poet: This is what a typical breakfast table in the Pierson Dining Hall during the 5 days of Session II of YWC 2014 … Continued
“The spider’s doing trapeze! “I am green on the outside and blue on the inside.” “I did a waterfall in my pants.” These are just some examples of how the under-five crowd uses language. The ease with which they express … Continued
We’ve all been there. Where the words are sluggish, the momentum is plateau-ing and the sameness of our writing is slowly, but surely, driving us to anti-depressants and lunacy. We’ve all been at that dreaded stage in our writing where … Continued
There are as many ways to write a poem as there are poets. By sharing these steps, I offer readers an insight into my process not in the arrogance that it is the right or only way to craft a … Continued
I hate to break it to you but…there is no Muse. No Goddess of Inspiration. No Voices in the Head. No Miraculous Gift of Words from the Unknown of which you are Conduit. No. Most of the time when the … Continued