How Not To Write

Excuse the faux-artsy photo, folks. It’s the first nice night of Spring and I’m out on the porch enjoying the weather. This is the best I could do in such low light. This month, Joanna Young, the fantastic writing coach behind Confident Writing is running a group writing project called Writing Lessons: The topic is [...]

No, it’s not a beret, but it might as well be. Now that I’m supposed to be a serious and devoted writer, I’m going to focus on writing only the most serious and dedicated of posts on the austere topic of the writing life. Yeah, I’m not buying it either. To those of you who [...]

So happy! Sort of dramatic, I know, but this is a big day. Today is the first day of the rest of my life and I’m so happy to share it with all of you. Many years ago, I dreamed of devoting myself to writing. That day has finally arrived. I’m not going to spill [...]

I know some people have romantic ideas about studios. At least, I did when I first decided to get one. For the last six years, I’ve maintained a writing studio, a room of my own where I can create without boundaries. I wrote a novel in my studio and many short stories. I worked on [...]

A flower shop occupies the first floor of this building. In turn, a cat occupies the flower shop. This feline, a sleek, black puss named Boo, is the most friendly sort of cat. You can’t help but call him Boo Kitty, which seems a little feminine but he tolerates it. Image credit: fofurasfelinas (Flickr) Quite [...]