Apr 20, 2010 | personal growth
When I was a child, my birthday was a day filled with a carousel ride in Central Park, chocolate cupcakes, the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company or the Paper Bag Players, pin-the-tail-on-the-mouse, and friends and family. As I’ve gotten older, my birthday’s been a day of...
Apr 12, 2010 | personal growth, writing craft and process
The characters in our stories speak to us; they urge us to listen to them, care about them, tell their stories; breathe life into them and be their voice. Sometimes these characters are gentle, tapping lightly on our shoulder, allowing us to glimpse them out of the...
Apr 1, 2010 | writing craft and process
CHARLES gray flannel suit a milky white shirt a handsome and sleek-perfect fit with supple suede shoes and cream velvet gloves his style has become such a habit a sly backward glance then out of the house he folds himself into the shadows accustomed to night...