Author: Ron Koertge

Honoring language

Posted by | Oct 27, 2009 | | 0

” . . . the sheer joy of maximum effort for the sake of excellence.” Boy, there’s a noble idea. And when it comes to writing fiction (for some reason “maximum effort” doesn’t seem to resonate...

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One more…

Posted by | Oct 21, 2009 | | 2

One more incident from Asilomar, where my wife caught a ripper of a cold. The students and I had nearly two days together, so we got to know each other pretty well. The members of the Cambria Writing Group are all friends, but...

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Norma Fox Mazer

Posted by | Oct 19, 2009 | | 0

I taught with Norma Fox Mazer in the Vermont program. I’d heard of her before I ventured to Montpelier. She was a bold and lovely writer, and generous in many ways. I’m not always easy to get along with, but Norma...

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Workshop stories

Posted by | Oct 15, 2009 | | 1

So I did go north to, essentially, Pacific Grove, for that workshop. And I used every suggestion I could get from my friends and most of the ones I rely on. The students at Asilomar were a lovely group who’d been meeting...

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Thanks!

Posted by | Oct 8, 2009 | | 5

Thanks to the friends and colleagues who suggested things for my workshop at Asilomar. I’m mousing around on my own, of course, and found something that I can use and will pass on. It’s a series of fill-in-the-blank...

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