Inspiration

2021-01-112021-10-29

January 11–17 2021. Focus on what you did; Put down your phone; Call for reinforcements

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

2020-01-212021-10-29

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

2020-01-082021-10-29

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

2019-02-112021-10-29

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

2018-06-202021-10-29

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

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

2017-03-202021-10-29

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

2017-02-072021-10-29

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

2017-01-022021-10-29

And so it’s a new writing year.

A Room Of Your Own, Goals, Inspiration, On writing

I updated my daily writing log template to better suit my needs, tore out all the pages logged in 2016, and tossed them in the recycling bin. I made a ... Read more

2016-07-202021-10-29

Ready to write?

A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration

It’s the infamous hump day in my writing week and I felt it on my morning run. I had to shuffle my way up every hill one tiny step at ... Read more