On Writer's Block and the Permission to Succeed
The wind is racing through the forest canopy like breakers crashing on the beach, releasing clouds of egg yolk yellow pollen into the unsettled air. … Read more
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The Perils of Writing About Women in Science
Writing about women in science is a tricky business. While you want to champion their contributions across a range of research fields, you also don’t … Read more
Guest post on CNF Collective Society blog
The week before last, I had a guest post on the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society’s blog. I’ve hesitated to post it here, but am not … Read more
Environment Writer Interviews: Cynthia Barnett
For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California; Abby Palmer, a … Read more
Becoming a Western writer
When I first read Wallace Stegner’s Wolf Willow, it stuck. Not just for days, but even years later I can recall the story in the … Read more
Environment writer interviews: Kimberly Moynahan
For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California; Abby Palmer, a … Read more
Environment writer interviews: Korice Moir
For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California, and Abby Palmer, … Read more
Environment writer interviews: Abby Palmer
For background on this series, see my first post. So far we’ve talked with Rebecca Lawton, an environment writer based in California. Our second interviewee … Read more
Environment writer interviews: Rebecca Lawton
One of the many things I think about is what it means to be a writer – particularly a female environment writer. It seems that … Read more
Creativity and diversity
I spent last weekend re-acquainting myself with the downtown streets of my adopted hometown, a city I moved to at 17 to attend university. At … Read more
