Writing
Summer Words
Every now and then I notice someone has looked at my website. They probably wonder where the words are. I do too. I was almost done with the first draft of an autobiography when COVID-19 hit in March 2020. Plans to go to my daughter’s bridal shower came to a shrieking halt. So did…
Read MoreDawn – to become day
I was half asleep when I took this image at 6:10 a.m. I forgot I took it until I checked my photo library for something else. It got me wondering, how much of my life do I go through semi-conscious? It’s all too easy to get into a routine and forget to pay attention. …
Read MoreDefining Success
I’ve been in a transition phase (again). Last month I answered Bri Saussy’s journal prompt from her Book of Hours, “What can I stop pretending to be/do?” I wrote that I need to stop pretending that I have an online business because I don’t. I can stop pretending I’m writing a book because I’m…
Read MoreAutumn in Spring
Where do I begin? Start at the beginning? I don’t want to. Start where you are. Except that if I start where I am here today by the time you, the reader, see this, I will be farther into the future. Start future writing? I’m reading the book I wrote and thinking…
Read MoreCelebrate One Thing
#iamwriting #showup100 #plotterlifechallenge #writersofinstagram Do you speak hashtag? I learned hashtag on Instagram. I’m not fluent yet but I’m improving. I participated in #showup100 on Instagram (sponsored by Kim Manganelli) and wrote for 100 days. During that time I completed my NaNoWriMo novel and the first read through. I pulled out irrelevant scenes…
Read MoreBig Questions
We’re all starting to realize, this space, this internet space? It’s real! You’re real. I’m a real fucking person. This is the real world. And we need to be real people in it. ~ Tracey Anne Duncan, Strategic Storytelling “Who am I? Why am I here? What am I going to do?” are the questions…
Read MoreTasting Life Twice
We write to taste life twice: in the moment and in retrospection. ~ Anaïs Nin Retrospection, the action, or process of looking back on things is something I’ve been obsessed with my whole life. Starting with a diary in third grade, I wrote things like, “Joni is a brat.” And, “Johnny let me ride…
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