First Drafts, Broken Rules Someone said, and many have repeated it-where the rumor started, I don’t know-that a writer shouldn’t send first drafts out for the public eye. But, I am a writer who makes up her own rules, does her own thing, ‘cause someone said, and many have repeated, …
Sometimes the Easy Way Out is Not All That Easy or Why I (really) Chose to Edit an Anthology The truth is I have wanted a book by a writer or writers of color (WOC) about the craft of writing for my own personal use as a WOC, and …
NOTE: this is another in a series of chapter drafts to be included in the book ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO WRITING: A MIXED-RACE WRITER’S JOURNEY (tentative title). This particular chapter took me in a direction I wasn’t planning on traveling, thus the road is windy and full of rocks-the key word as …
And, the Question is: Why do We Writers Write? There is no right or wrong answer. I came to literature as entertainment. I devoured books as soon as I learned how to read, perhaps because my mother was a voracious reader-mostly mystery books, and later in life romance novels. Probably …
