Sunday (It is Sunday somewhere, right?) Book Review
Book Reviews!
I picked The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women up on a whim for 50% off what are already delightfully low book prices at Goodwill. This is not the sort ... Read more
Dear Ladies,
Letters
Your awesomeness inspires me! Your perseverance in the face of struggle keeps me humble and faithful. All the dreams I’ve ever had began with those first friends, those girlfriends–at that ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Light A Candle
A Room Of Your Own
We’ve been quiet here for a few days at All The Muses, in part because my sister-in-law and collaborator had her gall bladder removed and hasn’t had the strength to ... Read more
Dear Letter In The Mail,
Letters
Dear Letter In The Mail, I look for you every day, though at times you have stayed away for years. I have put bundles at a time of my own ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Only Write
A Room Of Your Own
I’m a planner. Planning anything comes easy to me: a backpacking trip, a date night, a novel, even this blog. Always in the execution is when doubt, that mental bully, ... Read more
Dear Procrastination
Letters
Dear Procrastination, Let’s get real. Writing is hard. I’ve never done anything harder. Or more rewarding. But it’s the hard part that makes me turn to you, old pal. If ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Write one sentence
A Room Of Your Own
The end of a school brings a flood of emotion. Woo-hoo! Summer-time–Cooking outside–Sleeping in–Reading whatever I want.I’ve started three lists of all the marvelous ways I’m going to spend my ... Read more
On Writing by Stephen King
Book Reviews!
The only part I didn’t like? The very ending. And that’s my fault. It makes me uncomfortable when people get too mushy and the very ending was definitely a syrupy ... Read more
“Bird by Bird” – Sunday Book Review
Book Reviews!
“Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life” by Anne Lamott “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Commit To One Work
A Room Of Your Own
After I’d told yet another story of my struggle to decide just what I should be working on, Carrie (friend; colleague; fellow writer) put it simply: “Everything’s back on the ... Read more