“kill your darlings”

Oh, this vegetable garden has been a large writing metaphor, revealing insights about planning/outlining, revision, and messy surprises. There’s a gopher in my garden. He’s eating everything. He pops up randomly. He leaves desire unfulfilled. He preys upon beauty. He is the villain (every novel needs one).
I’ve let him [...]

Happy dance for Junot

Junot Diaz’s book, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction today! I just sent him a congratulatory email and did a happy dance for him.
If you haven’t read the book, read it. It’s a remarkable work of art by one of my favorite writers and [...]