Archive - Postcards from Mountain House

Revision (2): Coincidence and Boredom

On getting stuck in the manuscript's "baggy middle" and trying to reignite the spark.

May 16 •

March 2025

Notes on Revision

Some thoughts on Round 2!, that first real round of revision after one has assembled a decent first draft.

Mar 17 •

January 2025

A Final Countdown

Book promotion in an apocalypse; social media; the FRUIT OF THE DEAD life cycle enters its final stage.

Jan 16 •

October 2024

Postcard from Paris

On Paris, the pros and cons of measuring progress quantitatively, writing daily, the question of "Influence," and one small, concerned gnome on a snail.

Oct 25, 2024 •

September 2024

[x] Steps Forward, [y] Steps Back

On incremental, nonlinear progress

Sep 3, 2024 •

July 2024

In the Pocket(s)

Getting our creative work done however we can.

Jul 24, 2024 •

May 2024

Events, events, events!

Folks, she's a busy lady.

May 30, 2024 •

Yard Work Is (Not) A Metaphor

On post-pub vulnerability and losing oneself in yard work.

May 1, 2024 •

March 2024

February 2024

Countdown to Pub Day

On the grave dissociation of holding joy and self-promotion in one hand, grief and terror in the other. Plus: book tour! Plus: preorder deal!

Feb 15, 2024 •

January 2024

118: A Blessing for the New Year

On travel, two books, and the evolution of one writer's sobriety—plus, a New Years treat from a poet friend.

Jan 1, 2024 •

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