wordswimmer

My words--and my heart--feel frozen. They froze this past month as I watched multiple videos of Americans shooting Americans on American soi...

How can I keep writing, keep exploring the world with my pen? How can I keep the process going with joy, with excitement, with hope for the ...

Do you remember when you first fell in love with stories? When I was a young boy—before I fell in love with reading, before I sat in ...

In the beginning, the page is blank--just blue lines and white spaces. It’s like looking into a mirror of still water. The page s...

Most likely you’ve near heard of the writer who I’ve selected as the Beacon of Light for 2014, but he has served as my inspiration this pas...

At this time of year, as winter deepens and darkness spreads its seeds of doubt, I am heartened by the Beacons of Light--Sarah Lamstein, Dia...

When I set off on my long-distance swim three months ago, I stepped into the surf and headed into the unknown water of brain surgery like ...

When poet and children's author David L. Harrison invited me to share some thoughts on writing over at his blog a few weeks ago, I sent ...