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LOVE RULES ON PORTLAND PARK BLOCKS AND BLACK HEARTS

March 4, 2020 by

It was a dark and stormy night for love rules? No, not stormy, but dark, and I was in a certain space somewhere between regret and remorse. So maybe it was stormy after all, my own little shower of despair. It started with a conversation inside a Willamette Writers meeting, which is always a challenge. […]

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SUPPLY CHAIN BLUES ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY

February 7, 2020 by

A supply chain brings the stuff, the things we can’t live without. Large and small, long and short, it’s stuff that is researched and designed, approved and produced, then boxed and shipped. A strong chain delivers quality on time; then there’s the other supply chains.

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SYLVIA PLATH JOINS WILLAMETTE WRITERS WITH KATE GRAY

February 5, 2020 by

Kate Gray explained Sylvia Plath in the best way possible: she wants the world to know ‘the girl’ Plath was before her junior year in college. I sat in the full-house crowd at Willamette Writers monthly meeting in downtown Portland, marveling that anyone could give such a thorough breakdown of a real person; that anyone […]

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WRITER EVIDENCE IN THE HOUSE OF BOOMERPDX

May 3, 2018 by

    A hard rule among writers: avoid talking about a writing project. So what do writers talk about in writer meetings?   Last night while attending a Willamette Writers meeting I saw writer evidence all over the place across a crowded room. I scanned the crowd from a plush chair inside Tabor Space on […]

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PORTLAND STORY THEATER TELLS THE TALE AT WILLAMETTE WRITERS

January 3, 2018 by

  Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy ran the first Willamette Writers meeting of 2018. For all the wishes for a Happy New Year still echoing, their presentation confirmed the idea.   I came in right as they started and found a seat in the back, the last seat open. I start every meeting with high […]

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Fighting Chuck Palahniuk, And Portland Inertia

November 13, 2017 by

    I didn’t have anything to prove by fighting Chuck Palaniuk, but I did with the fight against inertia on a Sunday where the NFL was on TV and Wordstock was happening on the park blocks. It was a good day to do nothing and there was plenty to back up doing it.   […]

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Jenny Forrester Widens The River, Brightens The Sky

September 6, 2017 by

  On a night of ash falling across Portland, Willamette Writers gathered inside the Old Church. Wildfires be damned, they came and listened to Jenny Forrester talk about her burning memoir, Narrow River, Wide Sky.   I’ve never been more prepared to hear an author talk it out. First because my exchange student came with […]

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PORTLAND WRITER NIGHT, @WILWRITE, ON WRITER RADIO

May 3, 2017 by

On Portland Writer Night everyone’s a writer To express feelings, first you’ve got to find them. That’s what writers do. Feelings about a nice day, delicious food, good company, and a warm bed? Not so much. Too easy. The veneer of the shared moment turns to smugness on definitions. Instead, find the feels for loss […]

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MONICA DRAKE: PORTLAND AUTHOR, DETECTIVE, DELIGHT

February 12, 2017 by

    Tell me a better Oregon name than Monica Drake, then show me a better story collection.   Oregon Ducks and Monica Drake? Perfect combination. Oregon State Beavers and Monica Nutria? Not so much. In her short story collection, The Folly Of Loving Life, Monica Drake gives TRUTH to this writers’ advice: Only write […]

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YOUNG ADULT WILLAMETTE WRITERS

October 5, 2016 by

How old are Young Adult Willamette Writers?   Writing for the Young Adult market keeps you young. Reading Young Adult literature keeps you young. Agenting for Young Adult writers keeps you young, too. Fiona Kenshole of Transatlantic Agency proved those points talking about Young Adult Willamette Writers in Portland’s Old Church. How did she do […]

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