Leaving Ordinary

Louise Watches Over

Louise Watches Over

During the rounds of Leaving Ordinary edits, I dropped into a mental hole of ugly and semi-brutal, weeks of self-doubt. I asked myself, Was my novel any good? …

Louise's Meet & Greet

Louise's Meet & Greet

I began writing fiction in the Fall of 2014. In February 2015, I took an opportunity to go to a four-day Haven Writing Retreat in Whitefish, Montana. The retreat sounded fun …

I like cemeteries.

I like cemeteries.

It’s Halloween 2019 as I write this. Pumpkins, corn stalks, skeletons, and cemetery displays are decorating the neighborhoods. I like cemeteries. Cemeteries can simultaneously comfort and creep out, be private and public, and be empty and full. They tend to be peaceful, and as a cousin of mine pointed out, the residents aren’t judging.