Letter: Dear FOBO
Letters
Dear FOBO, I just learned you existed yesterday. Well, I learned you are a thing with a name, which also means there must be countless other people out there who ... Read more
Five ways to sabotage your writing time
A Room Of Your Own, Listicle, On writing
Want to sabotage your writing time? Have I got some ideas for you. 1. Do anything else “real quick”. This includes checking email, social media accounts, doing a little food ... Read more
Dear Teacher-writers: the idea that you’ll have more time to write in the summer is a myth. Let’s face it.
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration, On writing
I often tell people that part of why I teach is so I can spend my summer writing. I don’t mean to lie. Before I became a teacher, I thought ... Read more
Some writing advice and some inspiration for your week to come: Let’s do this!
A Room Of Your Own
How is the writing going? Earlier this year, my best writing buddy and I were struggling to make time to write. Both teachers, the school year—and it was clearly going ... Read more
Make a plan. Write it down.
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
Still here! Still doing the work! Because I took on some extra responsibility in my doing job, it’s been enough this school year to find time to write, let alone ... Read more
I’m still here, making time.
A Room Of Your Own, Be here now.
What? The theme of this blog is how to make time. In spite of all of the obligations we face as writers who also work full time, raise children, love ... Read more
I was a spider muse.
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration, On writing
I was a spider muse? A dream catcher? A story weaver? I can’t recall, actually. I know it was Halloween and I had invented my own costume. The idea came ... Read more
Wind-up watch.
Memoir, Nostalgia
In second–maybe third–grade, I had a Strawberry Shortcake watch with a red leather strap. It was the first accessory I ever coveted. It was a wind-up watch, not a digital, ... Read more
This morning I misplaced an entire folder of work. Here’s what I realized.
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
If you told me one day I’d be looking for a file on my computer I’d misplaced–a novel draft–and, unable to find it, I would shrug and think well I ... Read more
Dear Summer Days, (Letter Series)
Letters
If you click on Letters under categories of past blogs, you’ll see the whole series. This series is a nod to the idea of letter writing, which I love with ... Read more