2018-05-272021-10-29

Some writing advice and some inspiration for your week to come: Let’s do this!

A Room Of Your Own

How is the writing going? Earlier this year, my best writing buddy and I were struggling to make time to write. Both teachers, the school year—and it was clearly going ... Read more

2018-04-182021-10-29

Make a plan. Write it down.

A Room Of Your Own, On writing

Still here! Still doing the work! Because I took on some extra responsibility in my doing job, it’s been enough this school year to find time to write, let alone ... Read more

2018-02-072021-10-29

I’m still here, making time.

A Room Of Your Own, Be here now.

What? The theme of this blog is how to make time. In spite of all of the obligations we face as writers who also work full time, raise children, love ... Read more

2018-01-012021-10-29

I was a spider muse.

A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration, On writing

I was a spider muse? A dream catcher? A story weaver? I can’t recall, actually. I know it was Halloween and I had invented my own costume. The idea came ... Read more

2017-10-062021-10-29

Wind-up watch.

Memoir, Nostalgia

In second–maybe third–grade, I had a Strawberry Shortcake watch with a red leather strap. It was the first accessory I ever coveted. It was a wind-up watch, not a digital, ... Read more

2017-10-022021-10-29

This morning I misplaced an entire folder of work. Here’s what I realized.

A Room Of Your Own, On writing

If you told me one day I’d be looking for a file on my computer I’d misplaced–a novel draft–and, unable to find it, I would shrug and think well I ... Read more

2017-06-052021-10-29

Dear Summer Days, (Letter Series)

Letters

If you click on Letters under categories of past blogs, you’ll see the whole series. This series is a nod to the idea of letter writing, which I love with ... Read more

2017-04-142021-10-29

I am a capable weirdo.

Memoir

I’ve managed to contain my PTSD into a neat little container. I can’t drive on the freeway. If I do, I panic. Panic of the sort that in my teens ... Read more

2017-03-202021-10-29

Dear Procrastination, (Part 2)

A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration, Letters

Dear Procrastination, I’ve written to you before, but you didn’t reply. You look at me the way my grandmother used to when I asked a stupid question. I get it, ... Read more

2017-03-062021-10-29

What are you doing this week to make time? Me? I’m willing to change.

A Room Of Your Own, On writing

Most weekday mornings I wake at four AM and get to work. I’ve even gotten better at writing on weekends, which I explained in an earlier post–to my surprise–proves harder ... Read more