Dear Luminous Writer, Since January, I’ve had the privilege of teaching three craft courses, most recently my new Deeper Drafts course with an amazing group of writers. One of the best parts of my work is hearing from writers as they gain confidence, land...
Dear Luminous Writer, Writing doesn’t only happen in the mind. It lives in breath, in pulse, in the subtle rise and fall of your body as it meets the page. Have you felt it, the way your chest lifts when a line lands just right, or how your breath goes shallow when...
Dear Luminous Writer, I’ve been thinking a lot about why I call my courses Lit Mag Love, Revision Love, Writerly Love. It’s not a marketing ploy. It kind of just happened, but it works. Love is at the center of my work. Not the romantic or easy kind, but the kind that...
Dear Luminous Writer, Halfway through 2025.Halfway through the decade. The midpoint of a journey is a strange and beautiful place. You’re far enough in to see how far you’ve come, but not yet close enough to understand the full shape of where you’re headed. This is...
Dear Luminous Writer, Maybe you’re in a full-hearted stretch of writing, your notes wild, your drafts humming. Or maybe you haven’t touched your pages in weeks, and the work feels far away. Wherever you are, I want to offer this: you can begin again. Always. And you...
Dear Luminous Writer, There’s a haze hanging over the desert today as the summer months creep up on us. I take it on faith that the sea is still out there, even though I can’t quite glimpse it in the distance. The closer mountains are visible, but the...
