Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
Wild Horses Running Free: Sarah Lovett Workshop 4
After taking Sarah Lovett’s workshop, I’m trying a new way of working, with just me, my inspiration and my courage at the center of it all. Write like this Write a scene as it comes. . . . Then spin off from that to interactions between characters I need to explore, or who will answer questions…
Read MoreComing of Age
Old British coffee warehouse in Gambela I’ve noticed, as you may have, that, when I speak of my early time in Gambela, I speak also of Coming of Age. Obviously, these two are linked, and important, in my mind. I thought I should try to explain to you—and to me—why. I went to Gambela, Ethiopia—a…
Read MoreLooking for Yesterday
One of the things I did in the new Gambela, pop 40,000, was look for the old Gambela, the Gambela I had known, pop 1,000. Old Main Street, from old coffee warehouse, past Ethiopian Airlines office then new police station on the right I did this by checking and cross-checking maps, looking for patterns and…
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