Tag: #Writing

You Are What You Write

Posted on January 17, 2024 by

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I’m working on a collection of short stories set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. By working, I mean I have a list of seven stories I’ve written that leans up against the chair in my office. The point was to have a working list of… Continue Reading “You Are What You Write”

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Sugarcane Flower

Posted on December 7, 2023 by

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At 5 o’clock, I make what many would consider a very strong rum and Coke and I sit down at my desk to decide what to write about. Once, in a writing group, the topic was “how do you get ready to write?” There… Continue Reading “Sugarcane Flower”

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Find a New Pencil and Get Moving

Posted on November 11, 2023 by

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I fell off the writing beam hard. Suddenly, in what was undoubtedly an over-reaction to a monstrous building being constructed next door, I broke my pencil in half and retreated to the corner. My very ambitious plan to write a book of short stories… Continue Reading “Find a New Pencil and Get Moving”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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