Words are magic.
Ten years ago, on October 23rd, a scrawny, black and tan dog boarded a plane in San José, Costa Rica and landed in Dallas, Texas. That’s the simple version of a much longer story involving my (now senior) dog, Dobby. […]
This month, I learned how to make a few different types of fire catchers. If you’ve been following my blog recently, you know I’m attempting to learn a different survival skill each month (for research purposes and because it’s just […]
National Novel-Writing Month (affectionately called NaNoWriMo) is every November. The goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in just thirty days, which breaks down to 1,667 words per day. Sound tough? It is. But it’s not impossible. I’ve […]
Reading is an essential part of my work. As a writer, I’m constantly learning—expanding my vocab, picking up new techniques, studying clever ways to develop characters and plot lines. Reading helps me stay sharp, discover writing methods I like (and […]
This past Sunday, I launched a book about my dog. The book (entitled He Found Me) tells the story of the special little pup I rescued while living in Panama. Unlike other book launches I’ve done, I didn’t take […]
^^Image copyright Terry Faust This past Sunday, a group of twelve select authors got up on stage at Kieran’s Pub in downtown Minneapolis to read excerpts from their books. The stories represented genres as diverse as high fantasy, horror poetry, […]
Today, I left my house to go for a very ordinary midday run. Out the door, to the right, down the street. Perfect weather to be outside. It lasted .38 miles. That’s when my foot hit the edge of the […]
I listen to RadioLab. A lot. This past summer I’ve been digging my way through the archives, listening to episode after episode. Some of the freelance work I do is passive (i.e. taking photographs of textiles or whipping up simple […]