I write for several reasons. Some days I write because I’ve stepped into a place, and my heart has stopped. My breathing turns short and shallow and I know there is a story to be told. And some days I write for a few of the same reasons Margaret Atwood has said she writes: To set down the past …
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Wednesday’s Word: Kleptocracy. Say that three times fast, and then write a story.
The last few weeks, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking: about new routines, upcoming projects and books unfinished. Planning, but not so much creating. It seems right, then, to click over to Wordsmith.org and spend some time with the Wednesday’s word of the day* — and my muse. (I hope she’s listening.) Today’s word: …
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After all that had happened.
Today, every media outlet will flow with stories and song and testimony. I could tell you exactly where I was that day, but it wouldn’t matter. What is important is that on the same day I watched images of fire and collapse span the television screen, over and over, I felt the movements of my …