Category: writing

The snow glittered around us. All imperfections hidden under a fresh layer of snow. The driver used her brush to tap on the windshield wipers. The one on the passenger side flipped off. In my writers group there is a ten year difference between all the members. So the driver, the oldest, got back in…

Friday I had one of those days. One of those days where you woke to the clank of the garbage truck up the block. The sinking feeling when you realize the garbage was not out. If your cans were not at the bottom of the drive, the garbage truck would drive right by. I raced…

At a nano event a couple days ago, a friend jokingly blocked my view of my computer during a sprint. She wanted to beat my word count.  She knocked over a glass of water on my laptop. I tipped it back and water dripped from my keyboard. I did what I could to get it…

I was thinking about the web of connections we make in our lives and the methods we use to communicate. I’m not a super social person. My day-job is a remote position. I do spend my days in wall-to-wall phone meeting, email tsunami and IM flood. My order of preference for most communication is Text/IM/Hangouts…

I am so over committed between the day job, nano and three classes that the only idea I could come up with for this weeks blog post was about my son. 🙂 My son got a pirate costume for his recent 4th birthday.  It came with a hat, an eye patch, one piece pirate suit with…

During the month of November many writers gather to Nano (Nanowrimo.org). Nano is the effort to write a novel (50K words) in the month.  This is my twelfth year doing nano. Here are four ideas that could help you finish. 4. Be kind and relax Be kind to yourself and others. Everyone works differently. This is a…

Boom it happens. A story rejection. Your boyfriend dumps you. Bad review at work. You lost your sh*t at a coworker. The exact wrong thing falls out of your mouth in front of the wrong person. You had that mother-of the-year moment. You lost the last month of your writing because you didn’t back-up your…

So excited for my writing friend! Congrats Christie!