On Rituals: My Magic Writing Shawl
This morning I pulled my (as I once called it) 'magic writing shawl' out of the closet. It's from a time when I would sit on the floor to...
A project that terrifies me
For the past month I've been working on a project that terrifies me. Which means, of course, I haven't really started it. It's an idea...
A metaphor for the writing life
I saw this time lapse video by Jean-Michel, Timelapse: une araignée tisse sa toile, via BrainPickings several weeks ago and have been...
The Hardest Part
Today marks my second weekly intensive writing day since all of The Maple Leaves madness started a few months ago. You could say that I...
Seeking Mental Clarity
Okay, Self, you had problems with this yesterday, so we better review it now. 1. Pour water into the kettle. 2. (And I think this is...
Getting stuck in
According to Cambridge Dictionaries Online, stuck means: “unable to move, or fixed in a particular position, place or way of thinking”...
Starting as I mean to go on
I’m not one for New Year’s Resolution. Half-a-dozen times – or maybe even less – I’ve committed to something for the New Year, but always...
Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-I-can’t-hear-you
For weeks I’ve been struggling with the point of view of my current short story. For a Story is a State of Mind exercise, I chose a first...
Excuses, Excuses
I’ve been reading Dorothy Brande’s Becoming a Writer as part of my weekly craft reading. In his introduction to the text, John Gardner...
(Over)Planning
I just finished The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp. I’ve been reading it since late December. It started as a way of trying to go back to...
