Many writers direct their work to a particular audience. Reporters know their audience, playwriters, romance novelists, trade magazine writers, all have that one audience in mind when working. But there is the writer who works for the unknown reader. The reader who remains a mystery, an enigma. This is the toughest audience. They can be…

I’m an enrolled member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. Red Lake is located in northcentral Minnesota. I grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. My mother, Clara was a member of Red Lake, and my father was enrolled in Lower Sioux Indian Community in southwestern Minnesota. I transferred schools to attend Red Lake…

Yes, writing is work. And in the beginning, you may have dreamed of a glorious, exciting, and maybe even profitable line of work. But as your ideas are a driving force, your typing may not be in line with what you had in mind. Sometimes there’s a gap between thought and the actual work. But…