Wanderlust Journal
The essay on the Wilson-Myers House was published in Wanderlust Journal, for December 15, 2017! A great way to end the year!
Happy Holidays, Everyone
Good News, Sad News
Good news and sad news in Emmett Wilson research this week. First, the good news: I received a beautiful invitation from my dear distant cousin, Carol: In exactly one week, Emmett’s niece Jule will celebrate her 100th birthday! Alas, I cannot travel to join in the festivities, but I do […]
Update: A. Max Wilson
While conducting a periodic check-back on old databases, I found an updated obituary for Emmett’s oldest sibling, Augustus Maxwell Wilson, who was called “Max.” The text from another obituary (from the Palatka, Florida Times-Herald for January 30, 1925) stated he had lived (past tense) in East Palatka, Florida, but at the […]
Failing Well
When I’m not writing or conducting research for Emmett’s book, I’m sewing. Sewing is like writing, in that it is creating something unique out of fluid, occasionally hard-to-manipulate content. Sewing is not just about manipulating fabric and thread, but it is a hands-on exercise in creative problem solving using pre-determined […]
Mojo Knows Best
I think my Writing Mojo is hiding somewhere on my desk, because I can’t find it. Last time I saw it, it was in the mess of red-inked, half-written rough drafts adorned with coffee cup rings and post-it notes to myself, somewhere near the applications for grants and fellowships that […]
Marketing Emmett Wilson
I’ve been writing, editing, and submitting essays on Emmett and my research to several literary journals. Also, my writing partner and I have been submitting proposals to speak about our work at writing conferences. I’m not anywhere near an official publication date for Emmett’s book, but a longitudinal academic research […]
Hildur Dahlstrom Beall
Our next installment on Emmett’s secretaries features Hildur (or Hilda) Dahlstrom Beall (1892-1975). According to my research, Hildur was Emmett’s secretary in some capacity from about 1910 to 1914, but she was primarily Walter Kehoe’s secretary (as he was the one paying her salary, as you’ll see further on in […]
Homework
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life. ~ Lawrence Kasdan
On Faith
I think Emmett probably read this magazine. The articles and writers were pretty much up his alley. And if he did, I like to think he might have seen this poem. It’s lovely. === Speaking of faith, I’ve been slogging away with what I call ‘adjunct Emmett’ writing; i.e., submitting […]
Tell my story. 