Take risks too.
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration
Last weekend, we drove to Montana for the weekend. We are two high school teachers whose kids are all grown up now. This year we’re being intentional about trying ... Read more
Inspiration
Dear Capitalist notions of worth,
Inspiration, Letters
I was about to ask, when you see someone knitting a pair of socks, do you ask them whether they’ve sold any socks yet? I wanted to illustrate my point. ... Read more
January 11–17 2021. Focus on what you did; Put down your phone; Call for reinforcements
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration
Dear Writer Friend, Here we are again at the start of another week. It might be tempting to look back at your goals last week and notice what you didn’t ... Read more
I love the feeling when a new story starts to take shape…
Inspiration, On writing
I wrote the prologue of my new story last week. It’s maybe 1000 words, maybe not even, and I know I will need to go back to it. It took ... Read more
Make Time in 2020.
Inspiration, On writing
The Dark Side of Grit It’s been almost a year since I last posted to this blog. Things had gotten to the point that if I had any time to ... Read more
Write slowly.
Inspiration, On writing
The cult of speedy writers. There is a lot of hype out there tying triumph in writing to your ability to write fast. Success in self-publishing seems to have more ... Read more
Dear Teacher-writers: the idea that you’ll have more time to write in the summer is a myth. Let’s face it.
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration, On writing
I often tell people that part of why I teach is so I can spend my summer writing. I don’t mean to lie. Before I became a teacher, I thought ... Read more
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
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
It is called a mobile, after all.
Be here now., Goals, Inspiration, On writing
We had an unexpected dumping of snow in Olympia that afforded me a Monday snow day yesterday. This allowed me to easily and leisurely meet my word count for the ... Read more