2013 Creative Resolutions: Getting It Done

2013: Creative New Year’s Resolutions

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What’s the creative project you’ve been meaning to bite off for years?  Finishing your novel?  Or maybe it’s more of a creative challenge: writing a poem a day. Watching Kurosawa — …

The First Page is the Hardest

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Cutting Through The Cold

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From Resolution to Sideline

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Stories Bloom

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The Art of Sitting Still

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April Update: I’m cranking away on the pages, but not at the pace I’d like, so I feel like I’m being haunted by this specter of “meeting quota” lately.

The Short Story That Would be a Novella

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April Update: I grew up in the Eugene, Oregon area and my brothers and I sometimes discuss our tree-clad upbringing on the Siuslaw River. I wish I’d been able to develop that st…

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

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May Update: The weather has definitely made it easier to get outside and work. I have two projects in the planning phase at the moment right now — screening in our back porch and a …

Stumbling With Style

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May Update: I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of Northwest Coast tribes’ potlatches and how they might play out in our time. I have family in Bellingham, a beautiful town, and…

The Teacher Goes Back to School

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June Update: Choosing the music has been so confusing. After deciding to tackle an entire chronology of the cello, I quickly realized how much work that would be. I decided to take so…