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
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