Celebrating CRAFT Conversations
Reading for CRAFT has been an invitation into individual author stories sent from around the world and marked by their individual author journeys retold through career choices, awards, genre explorations, unique publications, and always the hope I share with those authors, a new, next opportunity. My application to read for CRAFT was one such new, next opportunity, and one defined by increased confidence in my editor voice. To read multiple times, sifting through phrases and
Father's Day: A Master's Class in How to Write Dialogue
Most dialogue practice connects somehow to observation. For example, a quick search about writing dialogue leads you to a Master Class article. The top practice suggestion is to listen to others talking and "Record everything they say and how they say it as specifically as you can." When I still lived in Guatemala, I completed this activity more than once; however, I never took notes more voraciously than when I moved back in with my dad. Since then, blogs posts, essays an
Beloit College Magazine: Spring 2026
The newest issue of the Beloit College Magazine is live and in mailboxes! For this issue I dug into the archives, visited classrooms, and had the opportunity to steward Ray Broad's story from a campus presentation to publication. Remembering history: the Class of 1919 Victory Fountain An unexpected find and a landscaping challenge led to the installation of a century-old class gift in front the renovated Morse Library. Beyond Board means back to the classroom for alumni Befo
