Valuable critique
Critique
At first Ms. Puglisi’s ideas here at The Bookshelf Muse seemed brilliant. I had already pulled out a pad of paper to start making my list, when this voice in ... Read more
When writing isn’t it’s own reward…
A Room Of Your Own
Here’s someone who agrees with me that just about anything you can imagine will work so long as it works for you. Walks and yoga are rewards for me, but I’ll ... Read more
Beginning, again.
On writing, Uncategorized
One has to be comfortable with beginning again to stick with writing. I am beginning summer again, that time when hours of time for writing open, which, paradoxically, can slow ... Read more
This shit takes practice.
On writing
Today, I got mixed up on carpooling details and missed my weekly critique group meeting. I walked all the way downtown to make the car pool ( a couple of ... Read more
Dear Winston,
Letters
Watching you lately, the way a new beat consumes you, the sound of the beginning of a track played over and over again, inspires me. I can ask you to ... Read more
Tell me the stories that have left you burning for days.
On writing
At first, I couldn’t manage more than a poem, but the poems came so fast I carried a notebook with me everywhere. I wrote my first short story when I ... Read more
Dear First Writing Friend,
Letters, On writing
We were eight, maybe nine, when we met. I don’t remember the first moment, but I remember a lot of important moments along the way, including the time we went ... Read more
A Room of Your Own: Cartwheeling
A Room Of Your Own
When I was eleven years old I would spend hours and hours out in the yard working on my cartwheel. This went on for years, and that is probably why ... Read more
A Room of Your Own:Don’t ask me!
A Room Of Your Own
How do we keep writing in spite of our busy lives? Don’t ask me! Everything was going so well. Pages were getting filled with fiction. Post after post for this ... Read more
Dear Yoga Mat,
Letters
Dear Yoga Mat, You never scold me for staying away longer than I should and I need to remember when I roll out my mat and step to the top ... Read more