The Writing Life.

This morning I have settled into La Prima Tazza, a great coffee shop in Lawrence, KS.  The past two days I have taken time to read, sketch, reflect, outline, and write on various projects I currently have on my plate.  Yesterday I was able to name six ongoing projects currently in the dock:   Article [...]

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Tips for Writers :: Read William Zinsser’s On Writing Well

If you frequent Amazon.com and have a personal account, it is likely that you have clicked the “recommendations” link  to see what you might find.  I do this often.  I’m curious to see what they suggest.  I have a sales history that reaches back to my time at Baylor University, meaning I have given them [...]

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Stuff I’ve Written for Collide Magazine

This past year I have had a couple of pieces accepted for publication by the folks over at Collide Magazine.  Thanks to Jeff, Scott, and the rest of the crew there for the opportunity to take part in the dialogue on church and media.  I’ve had some friends ask about my work and if they [...]

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Reflection (Past); Vision (Future)

It is raining. Today has been a productive day, though quantifying “production” may be problematic.  The measure by which I have determined that today was good is not economic, nor based upon industry.  I cannot show you something that I have produced (apart from this blog post), though my day has been wrapped up in [...]

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250 Words Deemed Worthy

Sometime earlier this spring I sat down and wrote three or four brief meditations and submitted them to devozine, a resource and devotional guide for youth provided by the United Methodist publishing service, Upper Room.  I found out yesterday that one of my submissions will be published in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue.  Woohoo! This is [...]

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