From Kate Mulgrew, his ex-wife, stealing and publishing Billy Crystal's novel, to wondering if it were better that the night be moist or sultry, to Crystal advising Annie Ross that it might be better, if you're writing a story about life on a submarine, to know the name of "the thing" into which the captian…

Just posted my link and am wondering, Is it finished?

“Story is not about getting ready, story is what happens after we leave the house.” Chris McKinney, "Snooze Button." Bamboo Ridge No. 91           I almost remember the exact moment when I read this issue of BR: I was on a lunch break at work and had wandered into Borders, I immediately moved toward the local…

Been meaning to write this reflection for a while now but just hadn’t gotten around to it. A few weekends ago at Hawaii Pacific University’s Ko?olau Writers Workshop, I facilitated two fiction workshops. One on the elements of story, the other on creating character. As discussed in my last post, I am always curious about…

Why do you write? It’s a question I don’t hear asked enough of writers. Personally I’m not interested in questions of craft. I feel much of what’s asked can often times be learned through reading a writer’s work. Whatever else seems more like the Special Features on a DVD, I’m more concerned with the product…

Asked by the International Examiner (Seattle)

Congratulations Bamboo Ridge Press! Congratulations Darrell, Eric, Wing, and Joy. This issue is a milestone and the hallmark of a great achievement on your part. Most of all, it is a testament of your hard work and perseverance over the years. You have helped countless of people in their writing and often at much personal…

I haven't seen it yet . . . .

Find out what happened during five sessions with 150 people!

Mahalo to everyone who came to Celebrate Reading! Jean Yamasaki Toyama, Juliet S. Kono, Christy Passion, and I read renshi poems from May, June, and the November Obama poems. We talked about how the poems were created, challenges experienced, and ways we were linked from 2008 until now. At this session, Jean was reunited with…