Learning To Be Alone

I believe that learning how to be alone is a life skill, and like most life skills it’s not easy. It’s hard to be alone, with nothing to distract you from your own thoughts and feelings. It’s hard to walk into a restaurant and say “table for one, please.” But I honestly think I’ve grown… Continue reading Learning To Be Alone

Relearning the Craft

I begin each new semester with a bit of trepidation about what I’m going to be learning. Last semester the daunting project was a grant proposal. The semester before that I fretted over both nonfiction and fiction workshops, which I hadn’t had any experience with before. This semester the worry is threefold. Due to some… Continue reading Relearning the Craft