See it, to achieve it.
On writing
Dear Writer Friends, So, you are making the time. You are sitting down at your desk, bichoktam. You are doing the work. You honor your writing time and do what ... Read more
writingprocess
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
Staring is necessary.
A Room Of Your Own, Memoir, On writing
My IB students are reading The Things They Carried now and just finished The Great Gatsby. The order in which you teach books brings to light different aspects of them. ... 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
Don’t push it. That’s my advice this week. Happy writing!
A Room Of Your Own, Be here now., Goals, On writing
Much better this week. Not perfect, but better. I wrote six of seven days. Slowly, but that’s my pace right now. I mostly got to bed by nine on the ... Read more
Yep. It’s a first draft, all right.
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
This week, I finished up another draft of a manuscript that is in nearing the publishing phase of the editing process, then finished a read-through of a first draft of ... Read more
One true sentence? Considering Hemingway.
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
My seniors are reading Hemingway, so, of course, I am rereading him too. And thinking about him and his oft-quoted advice to writers. Just one true sentence? The truest sentence ... Read more
Reflections on Nanowrimo at the midpoint, plus the not-so-sexy-after-all struggle
A Room Of Your Own, On writing
Yesterday morning I made it to 25,800 words on my Nanowrimo novel. My writing morning went as usual, with one significant difference. My alarm blared Bryan Adams “I’m Gonna Run ... 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