“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…