Or do you call them writing journals? Writing diaries? Whatever you call them, they are essential. I’ve recently been asked to do a presentation in Nashville at the Path and Pen conference and I’m going to do a workshop on Writing Abundance. This will essentially cover a whole lot of ways that I’ve discovered to […]
There’s nothing better than sleeping with the windows open, and last night was one of the first nights that’s been possible here. This morning I woke at 5:30 to the sound of birdsong. This is without a doubt the best possible way to wake up in the world, even if it was half an hour […]
I am not the first person to say this, and I won’t be the last. And, you won’t be the first person to ignore this stellar advice, nor the last. But ignore it at your own peril, because it is the key to happiness, to writing success, to world peace, um….maybe even to natural disasters. […]
Though I have written about True Confessions, the magazine, that it not what this post is about. Oh no, it is an embarrassing personal confession instead, since they are the best kind, of course. Today I was driving down busy Sandy Boulevard and came to a stop at the traffic signal. A scruffy homeless man […]
You never know where you will find inspiration for writing. Last night I went to a knitting lecture by Fiona Ellis at my LYS (local yarn store, for you non-knitters), Twisted, which is my new favorite place. I love knitting and stitching and sewing and anything to do with textiles or fiber arts. Throughout my […]
It has come to my attention that May is Get Caught Reading month, which seems timely since I just did a post on Reading and Writing. Anything we can do to promote the cause of reading is a good thing as far as I’m concerned, though I don’t share the common view that there is […]
I’ve been slacking. Since arriving home from Nashville late on Saturday night (actually it was early Sunday morning) I’ve been pretty much Not Writing, which is a specific state of being characterized by a constant awareness that I’m doing everything but writing. This is because writing is such a stern task mistress that she wants […]
Reading as a Writer Last night Terry Price and I hosted a dinner for the new students entering the Loft, and, big surprise, the conversation was all about writing. One of the things that Terry talked about was how, in the past, some of his students would complain that they didn’t have time to read, […]
I’m in Nashville, which is beautiful and warm (although pretty much anything is probably warm compared to Portland) and would be perfect in every way except for….the pollen. Which has me sneezing and my eyes running and itching in a way I’ve never quite experienced before. It still does not affect my love for this […]
I am in beautiful Springfield, Tennessee, where there are rolling green fields and the air feels totally different than it does in beautiful Portland, Oregon–mostly because it is warm. I’m staying at the home of Terry Price, and we are theoretically working on the Loft. No, we are really working on it–we have been chatting […]
