Category: Writing
Books Don’t Change, but the World Did
For the past few months, I’ve been rereading some of the old favorites that crowd my bookshelves. Read More …
The Glory of Morning
An ode to morning. Read More …
The Write Question
Writing always trumps not writing, no matter what kind of writing we consider most important. Read More …
Where Books Meet Boats: Situational Awareness
How to make your own luck. Read More …
Book Review: Sipping “Spilled Coffee”
J.B. Chicoine’s latest provides a steady drip of a story. Read More …
Boats, Books, and the Pursuit of Excellence
How can so many people—most people—be content to make the same mistakes over and over again, rather than striving to be better? Read More …
The Psyche of Self-Employment
What to do when you get to the next line, where it says “Employer.” Read More …
Writing for Free: Why I Blog
Work in Progress not progressing? Must be time to write a blog post. Blog posts, after all, are just short snippets of thought. They don’t require character arcs, or plot development, or outlines. They don’t require much at all, really, Read More …
Why it Took 18 Years to Write Game of Sails
A book from my past took over my present, and now it will live on in the future. Read More …
Ideas are the Easy Part: Teaching with Cape Cod Surprise
Yesterday I visited the Bourne Middle School, writing Oliver-based stories in cooperation with about 230 fifth graders—who fortunately were divided across five forty minute periods, and well-supervised by their teachers. First the kids chose a starting and ending point for Read More …
