A defense of prompts, an opportunity, and a goldfish
On writing, Prompts
The other day I may have bought a few books at the Half-Priced Books 50% off sale. While the checker was scanning each book (took a while), one book (John ... Read more
creativity
Get out of your comfort zone
A Room Of Your Own, On writing, Yoga
This is easier said than done, yet this is the message I’m hearing loud and clear. A message without pretense or subtlety. Let me explain what I mean, and also ... Read more
A celebration of the pause.
A Room Of Your Own, Be here now., Goals, On writing
I can be an intensely goal-oriented person, and mostly this has served me well. I wrote a semi-autobiographical novella in part about resiliency, or at least that was the seed. ... Read more
The importance of place.
On writing
I’m four pages in to chapter two of my new book, a book I’ve outlined, made character sketches for, and even bought markers and big pieces of white paper to ... Read more
Wake before the sun? Are you kidding me?
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
At the moment, I am flying high and nothing is wrong in the universe. Why? Because it’s 5:30 in the morning, I haven’t even started my work day yet, and ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Wake Up Early
A Room Of Your Own
A few days ago I was whining to my best friend (also a writer) about how I lack discipline and am not writing consistently. We have this conversation quite often. ... Read more
A Room Of Your Own: Write one sentence
A Room Of Your Own
The end of a school brings a flood of emotion. Woo-hoo! Summer-time–Cooking outside–Sleeping in–Reading whatever I want.I’ve started three lists of all the marvelous ways I’m going to spend my ... Read more
Dear Imagination Tree,
Letters
Dear Imagination Tree, Half way into a ten mile run, half way up a doozy of a hill, you shifted my perspective the instant my brain received the sight of ... Read more
A Room of Your Own: Boundaries
On writing
Let the people you live with know when you are sitting down to write. Tell them that for an hour or two or a page or a word count or ... Read more
Dear Paper and Pen,
Letters
Dear Pen and Paper, I bought a manual typewriter from a junk shop downtown Aberdeen and typed my first short story on it. I was eighteen. I didn’t own a ... Read more