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
Dear Solitude,
Letters
Dear Solitude, You are sometimes hard to come by anymore in my beautiful, busy, love-drenched life, but without you, shadows pool in my eyes and I struggle to see or ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Don’t Hesitate
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
“One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems ... Read more
Reading Like A Writer
Book Reviews!
I am lucky enough to be a part of a book group for writers and occasionally we choose a book on craft to read alongside whatever novels we are reading. ... Read more
Dear Imagination Tree,
Letters
Dear Imagination Tree, Half way into a ten mile run, half way up a doozy of a hill, you shifted my perspective the instant my brain received the sight of ... Read more
A Room of Your Own: Boundaries
On writing
Let the people you live with know when you are sitting down to write. Tell them that for an hour or two or a page or a word count or ... Read more