I’m back!
On writing, Uncategorized
The first inkling that being a writer might fit me occurred when I was eight years old. Our prim, petite third grade teacher at A.J. West Elementary encouraged everyone in ... Read more
On writing
Today I made time.
On writing
I didn’t have much time. My other had dinner in the oven and I’d just returned from errands which included a four mile run to pick up our car from ... Read more
Found sentences, Happy New Year, and how have you been while I was away?
On writing
Writing here with more regularity is a goal I have for 2014 for mostly selfish reasons. The more I am writing and thinking about how to stay focused and producing ... Read more
Starting the year right: On teaching and writing
On writing
Today is my fourteenth Professional Day. Wait—thirteenth. The year I started teaching I was hired six weeks into the school year. This is the day before school starts, kids gathering ... Read more
What I learned from binging…
On writing
When I read I almost always pick up something longer. I subscribe to magazines and journals but rarely read them. I have read plenty of short stories and essays, but ... Read more
You are not alone.
On writing
Natalie Whipple writes here about the struggle with confidence that I have heard every writer I know struggle with at some point. Her assessment rings pretty true to me and ... Read more
Beginning, again.
On writing, Uncategorized
One has to be comfortable with beginning again to stick with writing. I am beginning summer again, that time when hours of time for writing open, which, paradoxically, can slow ... Read more
This shit takes practice.
On writing
Today, I got mixed up on carpooling details and missed my weekly critique group meeting. I walked all the way downtown to make the car pool ( a couple of ... Read more
Tell me the stories that have left you burning for days.
On writing
At first, I couldn’t manage more than a poem, but the poems came so fast I carried a notebook with me everywhere. I wrote my first short story when I ... Read more
Dear First Writing Friend,
Letters, On writing
We were eight, maybe nine, when we met. I don’t remember the first moment, but I remember a lot of important moments along the way, including the time we went ... Read more