A Room Of Our Own: Don’t Always Trust Your Feelings
A Room Of Your Own
A paragraph came without warning. I was reading Great House on the way to a wedding in Seattle. I didn’t even have a notebook to write it down, so I ... Read more
Sunday Book Review: History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Book Reviews!
“A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother’s loneliness. Leo Gursky is just about surviving, ... Read more
Dear Long Distance Stare,
Letters
Dear Long Distance Stare, You’ve gotten me into trouble a few times in public. “Stare hard, retard.” OR “What are you lookin’ at?” That sort of thing. If I had ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Count words
A Room Of Your Own
When all else fails, count words. Pick a number, any number and write that number of words daily until you are back in the habit, until sitting down to write ... Read more
Dear Pride,
Letters
Pride, You may not be everything, but there are days when if it weren’t for you, I’d turn in my pen and take up baking. Yours gratefully, Liz Buy my books ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Wake Up Early
A Room Of Your Own
A few days ago I was whining to my best friend (also a writer) about how I lack discipline and am not writing consistently. We have this conversation quite often. ... Read more
Sunday Book Review: Lolita
Book Reviews!
I finished reading Lolita last week. It took me a while because originally I started reading it for my writer’s book group and didn’t finish it on time. After our ... Read more
Dear End Goal,
Letters
Dear End Goal, You are publication, ultimately, but also just desire to have finished the work. At a recent writer’s group meeting a friend proposed that one of our greatest ... Read more
A Room of Your Own: Walk It Out
A Room Of Your Own
Stuck? Try moving. The body-mind connection is no joke. Take as many walks as you need to in one writing session to reach your goal. Try jumping jacks or sit ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Pair Up
A Room Of Your Own
Writing occurs in solitude. It can only be done by you and requires that you linger long in that internal space of imagination where you have to go alone in ... Read more