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Short Stories and the Beauty of Spring
Short stories blink and twinkle, a small opportunity for writers to find something like spring. Novels can stretch ahead of you like a long winter, excitement and beauty wrapped in layers of coats and...
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Creativity is a Muscle
Image courtesy of martini via sxc.hu. I’ve been working a short-term contract job for the last two weeks. I’ve been neglecting my blog, neglecting my novel, neglecting my social media. I said to a...
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Whispers and Light
We want to send our love and energy to Boston and to all who have been affected by the horror and tragedy that occurred. If writing helps you, please write, and if your words are locked up in sadness...
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Editing and Selling Houses
This is coming with me… the mug and the coffee. We’re considering putting our house on the market. I say considering because if I say we are putting our house on the market, it means this incredible...
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Rock on, Writers
Life barreled over all of my well-built routines the last couple of weeks. Readying the house for showings and readying myself for Listen to Your Mother while trying to keep the kids on some tiny...
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Seeds, Ideas, and the Strangeness of Writing
Small hands grip stems, ignoring the sticky seepage from stems not ready to be pulled from their invasive roots. Lips purse and blow, making wishes and giggling as drifts of dandelion seeds separate...
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Finally Friday!
It’s finally Friday! Our lovely editors will be home soon and the site is still standing! I’ve had a lot of fun with all of you this week. Thank you so much for playing along with me and my silly...
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Refreshed
Yawn. I suppose it’s time to let the memories of sleeping in and afternoon drinks slip gently into the background. Even just a few days away from the reality of task lists and cooking duties was...
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Behind the Writing Desk
Did you see yesterday’s post? The one where the wonderful Rox introduces herself as the newest member of our editorial team? Go say hi… I’ll wait… Naturally my post should be filled with profound...
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Almost Published: A Series of Sorts
Four years ago next month I started my first novel. ::Boom:: That’s the sound of my head exploding. Because in my head, when I started that book, four years later, I would have finished the four-book...
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Use Your Words
There’s definitely a story behind this photo, a photo Abbey took with my camera while Ryan and I slept in until obscene times on our kid-free weekend. I don’t know the story yet, because I haven’t...
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Why we don’t write in a vacuum.
Mandy and I were chatting the other day about a short story she’s working on, and there was some unintentional wisdom revealed (shockingly without wine!), so we thought we’d c&p the conversation...
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Almost Published: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part, or Rushed Sequels?
Stephen King says you should put a manuscript away for six weeks once it’s done. No looking, no fiddling, no rewriting or editing or making notes. If I’m remembering On Writing correctly, after six...
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Talking to Myself
I talk to myself. Quite a bit. courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Kris Hoet As I writer and storyteller I think it’s a integral part of putting a story together. When I first started writing again in...
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When Habits Work
I quit diet soda for a while. I consume more than enough coffee to keep my blood-caffeine level at a nice, buzzing balance, and all those chemicals just started to make me nervous. So I stopped...
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Almost Published: The Sophomore Effort
Image courtesy of Flickr Commons, no known copyright restrictions. Click image to return to source page. I loathe being stalled, and I suspect I’m not alone. I’ve had a manuscript in drafted but...
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Authors and anonymity
a blank canvas The rooms in my house sit empty — and I can really only call it mine for another few hours. Without furniture and artwork and the odd collection of preschool toys in every nook, it’s a...
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Almost Published: Income Intervenes
Don’t love what you’re doing? Quit! Follow your dream! Not such a bad office? I can’t be the only one who’s ever heard those words. I can’t be the only one who’s skeptical. Quitting your job to follow...
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Tales from the Train
I spent over twelve hours traveling by train this past weekend. My dying laptop battery and I thank the plugs at each seat for some writing time, especially as bookends for my time at BlogHer. On...
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When Fact Meets Fiction
More than twelve years ago I was spending my Monday morning online and perusing the Sunday Lifestyle of my hometown paper when my heart stopped. There he was, my ex smiling into the camera, his arm...
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