Author Archive: J.L. Doucette

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Writing The Long Game

Writing The Long Game

When I was twelve years old I read Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, a novel about the internal world of a girl navigating the complicated relationships of her family, a girl who believed “The world was hers for the reading.” Francie’s story touched me deeply and for the first time I related to […]

August 17, 2019 | By | Reply More
Muse Wyoming

Muse Wyoming

A muse is a spirit or source that inspires artistic creation. Wyoming is my muse, but it didn’t start out that way. When I moved to Rock Springs, I arrived on a prop plane that rose and fell like a roller-coaster on the currents of a gale-force wind. But what felt like a freak storm […]

June 8, 2017 | By | Reply More