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
I am a capable weirdo.
Memoir
I’ve managed to contain my PTSD into a neat little container. I can’t drive on the freeway. If I do, I panic. Panic of the sort that in my teens ... Read more
Dear Procrastination, (Part 2)
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration, Letters
Dear Procrastination, I’ve written to you before, but you didn’t reply. You look at me the way my grandmother used to when I asked a stupid question. I get it, ... Read more
What are you doing this week to make time? Me? I’m willing to change.
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
Most weekday mornings I wake at four AM and get to work. I’ve even gotten better at writing on weekends, which I explained in an earlier post–to my surprise–proves harder ... Read more
Staring is necessary.
A Room Of Your Own, Memoir, On writing
My IB students are reading The Things They Carried now and just finished The Great Gatsby. The order in which you teach books brings to light different aspects of them. ... Read more