Agency
I saw someone wearing this t-shirt the other day — — and it reminded me of the last time I saw this shirt. It was a long time ago when I freelanced at a place … let’s call it … … Continued
Noodling, or How I Spent My Month at Ucross
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with my productivity at Ucross. This had nothing to do with Ucross, they provided an atmosphere that nurtured creativity and productivity. It was the headspace I brought with me from NYC. The best work … Continued
Where Are the Champions?
While at Ucross I read some of my short short fiction and nonfiction with Molly Reid, an awesomely talented writer. It turns out that Molly and I had stories published by The Literary Review: Molly’s Narrow Salvation in the “Lives … Continued
“Her Life’s Work” – By Kate Hill Cantrill, Guest Blogger
I’m reposting Kate Hill Cantrill’s guest stint because her short story collection, Walk Back from Monkey School, is NOW AVAILABLE, and that’s how we treat our guest bloggers here at A Life’s Work headquarters. Kate Hill Cantrill’s writing has appeared in … Continued
Guest Blogger Jessica Roth: Arcosanti and the Writing Process
[I met today’s guest blogger, Jessica Roth, at the Playa Artist Residency. While there I discovered that she had spent some time at Arcosanti, not as one of the Arcosanti “workshoppers,” but as a different kind of workshopper. I was … Continued
Book Review on the Filmmaker Magazine Blog
In 1976 Werner Herzog hypnotized his cast of actors and directed one of the strangest narrative films in the history of cinema, Heart of Glass. Alan Greenberg, then a young writer, aspiring filmmaker, and Herzog disciple, was on the set, … Continued
Connect the Dots
The next time someone asks me if my writing and A Life’s Work are connected (this happens a lot), I am going to whip out this quote: Eventually everything connects — people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is … Continued
On Rejection
Recently I posted on Facebook an email rejection I received for a work of nonfiction — Thank you for sending us “[title withheld by me].” The editors had a lengthy discussion about your work. Unfortunately, we are not able to … Continued