Everything to gain
On writing
Slept in til 6! The sun was persistent coming through the window, lighting on where I was sleeping on the couch. Ajax whined while I downed a cup of coffee, ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own
Day 2: Baby Feet
On writing
Strolling on the beach at 5:30 this morning with Ajax, ideas relevant to both my novel and my life came to me not by brain but by inspiration. Two walks ... Read more
Arriving at the Beach: Let the writing begin!
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
Friday night: It seemed at one point today that I might never get out of my classroom and out of town. My son, who was supposed to catch a 7:30 ... Read more
Daydreaming of summer–need input!
On writing
The things we don’t get credit for, can’t measure or plan, the things that bubble up from our own heart’s desire, our own gratitude, our presence in the moment. Herein ... Read more
Writing in San Francisco
On writing
San Francisco has a reputation for being a writer’s city, as the home of the Beat Generation and many more writers now and over the years. Before traveling there this ... Read more
Fiction Excercise: Pick an object you’ve encountered today and write a piece of short fiction that includes that object.
Prompts
What Liz wrote: Dry-mouth, her neck in a knot, she kicked her foot a little to the right to check. Was he still there? Shit. He was. She stretched her ... Read more
New Year Reflections
On writing
Every single year I write a New Year letter outlining my goals and desires for the coming year. You can be sure that this year, I have them. I have ... Read more
An orgy of writers?
On writing
“Overcapacity has been something generally acknowledged across the writing industry for at least 10 years. In a 2002 essay in The New York Times, the onetime best-selling novelist and story ... Read more
NanoWrMo is at an end for 2008.
On writing
Only 40,000 words for me this year, but I’m happy with most of them.I’m back and planning to pay more attention to this neglected blog. I’m also combining my What ... Read more
What can I say? It’s National Novel Writing Month…
On writing
This is my fourth year and going into the second week, I think I have the lowest word count ever. Do you think it’s a coincidence that it also might ... Read more