(the reason the moonshiner gave for firing his assistant) I was reading HEART COUNTRY, Kerry McGinnis’s second autobiographical book about droving and building a station
Month: November 2015
Bestsellers, and writing to market
Kris Rusch put out another excellent article on the business of writing Thursday. Cedar had some lovely commentary on it’s explanation of the market vs.
Writer, Market, Reader
What makes a writer? it seems obvious that a writer is someone who writes. Which would then follow that a professional writer is someone who

A Leftover Post
This post was originally published at the Otherwhere Gazette earlier this year. In the spirit of Thanksgiving leftovers, I think you all might enjoy a
Of the Making of Traditions
Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, Food and Sleep Day… Most Americans will spend most of today in some variant of a ritual that’s not quite 400 years
Threading The Needle
Theme, plot and meaning in your work. Yes, I know, I know. You’re out there going “but aren’t we all about the story and not