Craig Allen Heath6 days ago6 minWho's This Alan Wright?And what's with the kilt? My manuscript of WHERE YOU WILL DIE is now in the hands of a very accomplished and insightful editor, giving...
Craig Allen HeathMar 138 minSo, I Killed a DarlingAn entire chapter of WHERE YOU WILL DIE, put out of its misery. Accomplished authors and teachers of the writing craft all agree: Good...
Craig Allen HeathFeb 141 minWatch Me Read: "Some Pruning is Best Done in Fall"In October 2020, I participated in the first-ever Zoom meeting of WordFest - the long-lived and beloved forum for Pacific Northwest...
Craig Allen HeathFeb 41 minMemento Mori"If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic...
Craig Allen HeathJan 283 minSneak Peek - Opening of WHERE YOU WILL DIENo one is more surprised than I to report I am meeting the milestones I set for myself in this last big edit of my novel, WHERE YOU WILL...
Craig Allen HeathDec 31, 20202 minWHERE YOU WILL DIEA New Direction for My Novel After three years of drafting, editing, and revising, I am embarked on the final preparations of my novel,...
Craig Allen HeathNov 22, 20202 minPan-American"Hell is the impossibility of reason." Oh, heady days! Late imperial, early feudal, rancor in the air like poison smoke. We breathe in...
Craig Allen HeathOct 23, 20201 minSong Without Melody I am roiled tonight with questions. What inexorable force impresses choice beyond all good and evil? Why does the mantle of...
Craig Allen HeathOct 23, 202013 minFable for a Broken PeopleOne day in a time and place not far from here, a man named Oben went to market to buy bread for his family. He left his wife and nearly...
Craig Allen HeathOct 6, 20201 minNot everything that is faced can be changed...“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced,” - James Baldwin
Craig Allen HeathOct 6, 20201 minKeep your face to the sunshine..."Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." - Hellen Keller
Craig Allen HeathAug 30, 20202 minCamp For Free - Review - A Great Primer from a ProThe first, best thing about John Soares' CAMP FOR FREE is that it makes you want to get out there and enjoy the sheer beauty of Wild...
Craig Allen HeathAug 22, 20203 minJoin the Loyal OppositionWe are Not the Enemy Here are three phrases I hate as some of the most damnable and destructive lies in our cultural lexicon: “All’s fair...
Craig Allen HeathAug 19, 20201 minThe Kid Meets the Unknown ProfessionalMy recent post on Medium - from my poetry collection THE END OF AN ORDINARY LIFE The Kid Meets the Unknown Professional
Craig Allen HeathSep 19, 20191 minMedium is Where I 'Blog'I've never had much success with blogging. What do instead, is post my fiction, poetry and essays on Medium, a great publishing platform...
Craig Allen HeathFeb 27, 20192 minOf Flame and Freeze and Simple Dumb Luck Fire chased us from our Paradise home. Now snow traps us in our Eugene refuge. A foot of fresh powder fell on our South Eugene...
Craig Allen HeathFeb 3, 20198 minSteel Stapler, Wooden Box, and Ceramic Jar Walk Into a StoryThe Best day of His Life When Steel Stapler was first brought to The Desk, shiny and new from the stationary store, he was sure he’d...
Craig Allen HeathJan 26, 20192 minFine Scottish Days"Fine Scottish day" I say, leading Coco by the leash down the muddy lane to the dog park. "Aye, 'tis that" Pat replies. January in...
Craig Allen HeathJan 20, 20193 minMay the Bridges I Burn Light the WayThe morning of November 8, 2018, about 8:30, my wife and I were beginning our day as we had for years: Workouts, a light breakfast, a...
