If you’re anything like me, you see an ad for a funeral parlor estate sale and say: SCORE! But there is so much wrong with taking dead weight home with you, in furniture or otherwise. So bear with me while I explain how one little orange chair became the bane of my existence and started […]
So here’s a bit of travel wisdom every couple should keep in mind. If you have decided that a place is YOUR place, you’ve said ad nauseum that you’ll never take your kids there, then maybe perhaps probably don’t take your kids there to write a travel story. I did just that the other week […]
I’ve been giving talks around the Pacific Northwest for the past year about how to structure a memoir. It’s a beast every writer attempting the form must grapple with. Where do I even start? How do I take the dramatic moments where everything changed for me and place them within a structure that’s compelling for […]
Well, there it is. My new logo. My first, actually. I’ve had branded blog headers and other graphically oriented signifiers, but I’ve never had a logo before. And now that the process is done — the terrible, gut-wrenching, headache-inspiring trip from idea to emblem — I can’t recommend more that you get a logo for […]
