Sunday Book Review…Well, sort of…
Book Reviews!, On writing
The book I want to review is The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch, but I haven’t finished it yet. I know I want to write a review on this ... Read more
Dear Premature Feedback,
Letters
Dear Premature Feedback, I knew the story wasn’t finished. It stank, in fact, in at least five places. The bones were there, but not the flesh. The ending dropped like ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Reward Yourself
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
Disregard the myth that the writing should be its own reward. You don’t have that kind of time. You’ve been working at writing since your teens and you have gotten ... Read more
Dear Petunia,
Letters
Dear Petunia, I call you Petunia, though you are just an aspect of me. I call you this because the name reminds me of a girl from elementary school who ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Speak-Write
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
You’ve heard of Freedom, right? Software you can pay for that shuts off your Internet for how ever many minutes of writing time you desire? I won’t lie. When I ... Read more
A Quiet Place
On writing
The dishes are done. The cats are napping. Quiet at last. I sit down to write. Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! “What are you doing, Mommy?” my son asks between mouthfuls of ... Read more
Sunday Book Review
Book Reviews!, On writing
I think we can agree that reading is essential. If you’re like me (and I’ll bet you are), certain books you read and the impact they had propelled you to ... Read more
Dear Indecision,
Letters, On writing
Dear Indecision, How have I come to trust so much in the process that I haven’t written a new sentence in two weeks? I moved some around and deleted others. ... Read more
A Room of Your Own
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
By room, I mean that mental space where in spite of distractions that come like insects on warm evenings you triumph in your daily desire to get words on the ... Read more
Making time to read what’s offered unsolicited…
On writing
I know it is hard enough to make a dent in the stacks of books and periodicals in your own mental queue. Add to that the book or two you ... Read more