Dear Petunia,
Letters
Dear Petunia, I call you Petunia, though you are just an aspect of me. I call you this because the name reminds me of a girl from elementary school who ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Speak-Write
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
You’ve heard of Freedom, right? Software you can pay for that shuts off your Internet for how ever many minutes of writing time you desire? I won’t lie. When I ... Read more
A Quiet Place
On writing
The dishes are done. The cats are napping. Quiet at last. I sit down to write. Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! “What are you doing, Mommy?” my son asks between mouthfuls of ... Read more
Sunday Book Review
Book Reviews!, On writing
I think we can agree that reading is essential. If you’re like me (and I’ll bet you are), certain books you read and the impact they had propelled you to ... Read more
Dear Indecision,
Letters, On writing
Dear Indecision, How have I come to trust so much in the process that I haven’t written a new sentence in two weeks? I moved some around and deleted others. ... Read more
A Room of Your Own
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
By room, I mean that mental space where in spite of distractions that come like insects on warm evenings you triumph in your daily desire to get words on the ... Read more
Making time to read what’s offered unsolicited…
On writing
I know it is hard enough to make a dent in the stacks of books and periodicals in your own mental queue. Add to that the book or two you ... Read more
Tottering on the beam
On writing
Fall (September and October more specifically)is the hardest time of year to get writing done. While the change of season invites writing and reflection, the amount of things I need ... Read more
Reflection on maintaining a writing life post-MFA, written in second person for no particularly good reason, just to see what emerges
On writing
When you published your first book, an allegory on dot matrix pages filled with colored pencil illustrations, held together with yarn and glue, you were told by the big sister-like ... Read more
Teacher/Writer: Struggling to Find A Writing Schedule
On writing, Teaching
Summer time is prime writing time for me. My best teacher friend (who also happens to be a fiction writer) and I devise an escape plan at the end of ... Read more