This week I’ve been moving back and forth among three writing projects: the Billy and Molly series, I Dare You, Teacher, and The Boaz Superstition. They’re very different projects, but I’ve noticed something happening in all three. I’m having a harder time putting people into neat little boxes. That’s probably a good thing. Take Billy… Continue reading The Person Behind the Label
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What Story Can Do That Argument Cannot
This week I found myself moving back and forth between two very different writing projects. One was the Billy and Molly series. The other was I Dare You, Teacher. One is fiction. The other is nonfiction. Yet each revision kept teaching me the same lesson. Whenever I stopped trying to explain an idea and started… Continue reading What Story Can Do That Argument Cannot
Standing Beside the Witness
What writing has been teaching me lately. This week, while working on both the Billy and Molly series and I Dare You, Teacher, I realized how much my own writing has changed. Months ago, I often approached difficult ideas the way a courtroom lawyer approaches a witness. My instinct was to expose contradictions, challenge assumptions,… Continue reading Standing Beside the Witness
The Stories That Stay With Us
There are novels I barely remember. I enjoyed them while I was reading them. I turned the last page, placed them back on the shelf, and eventually forgot almost everything about them. Then there are other stories. Years later, I can still picture a particular scene. I still remember a conversation between two characters. Sometimes… Continue reading The Stories That Stay With Us
The Pencil-Driven Life 