The Epilogue – Yay or Nay?
By: Aryanne Ferguson As a reader, I’ve always have mixed feelings about the epilogue. Why was it necessary? Why didn’t the author …
What I Learned from Reading: “A Gate at the Stairs”
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore was another piece of thrift store gold. Please let me share what I learned after …
What I Learned from Reading: “Home”
By: Aryanne Ferguson I’m a thrift store shopper—been buying 50¢ paperbacks for years. Last month I had the good fortune to pick …
Stranger Danger, or, I Volunteered
By: Aryanne Ferguson To learn about someone new, you begin at the surface level. And it’s only by asking questions, by showing interest, that …
Free Writing – Do You Do It?
By: Aryanne Ferguson Does anyone else free write? If you’ve never heard the term, free writing is writing down your thoughts as …
I Read “Fairy Tale is Form…”
This week I read Kate Bernheimer‘s essay, “Fairy Tale is Form, Form is Fairy Tale.” As you can tell from …
I Read “Not-Knowing” – and Now I Really Don’t Know
By: Aryanne Ferguson While traipsing around WordPress this week, I came across 10 Greatest Essays on Writing. Of course I had to read …
Read Everything – Writer Tip # 1
By: Tia Love A huge part of writing involves reading. I don’t think there’s a way around that. The two kind of go …