Category Archives: Sharing My Work

I have a story to tell.  It was never going to be a memoir.  I reserve the right to make shit up. 

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” – Albert Camus

I briefly flirted with the concept of autofiction.  At first, my writing fit that frame. But then my words began to wander off the page like toddlers trailing after a puppy. … Continue reading →

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I didn’t plan to share any of this. But then I read Austin Kleon’s ©Show Your Work. He says to pull back the curtain, lay it all out there, messy scribbles and all

Not because it’s polished. Or finished.
Not because I know what I’m doing.
But because I want to show what happens before the tidy version — the rough drafts, the sideways sparks, the moment the pen moves and I have no idea why.… Continue reading →