Rocks & Roots
Donna Salli
Ruining the Twists: Things Writers Worry About
The day after my novel was released, I was sitting at my desk, leafing through its pages. Just...
A Notion of Pelicans: Why Pelicans?
My novel, A Notion of Pelicans, is being released this week. I can legitimately claim to be good...
The Secret of Life: Why a Writer Writes
As I write this blog post, it’s twenty-one days until the release of my novel, A Notion of...
Wild-Haired Women: On Writing, Portals, and Pig Sties
The barn was a portal—to step into it was to go back in time—and that barn, that farm, shows up repeatedly in my writing, literally in my essays and poems and fictionally in one of my plays.
Where the Sidewalks Ended
My mother and I were standing in the echoing salesroom of the feed store, one of those dusty,...
Flames: The Life of a Writer
I like quiet. I like to be alone. I enjoy a social gathering but afterwards need to shut my...
