About a month ago, I got the idea that I should learn to appreciate the game of soccer. We're more of a rugby/football type family, so I'm not as familiar with soccer. Lately, though, the Portland Timbers have been hawking season tickets and the thought appealed to me. Wouldn't it be fun to go hang […]
The Writer's Loft at MTSU. That, my friends, is a link to the awesome video that Janet Wallace just made for the Writer's Loft. (Check out her blog post that also features the video.) I haven't written about the Writer's Loft in quite awhile. The Writer's Loft is the distance writing program I co-direct in […]
Monday evening, I got sick. It had started with cold symptoms earlier that day. After dinner, I started feeling achy all over and soon I was passed out on the couch, in the full throes of a fever. Not such a big deal, right? I mean it was clearly not life-threatening and people get sick […]
Do you ever get certain phrases ringing in your head? My latest is, "bringing full attention to bear." As in full attention to my creative work, though it could be applied to just about anything. It was brought on by reading an article written by Christine Kane, in which she talked about how important it […]
I'm playing around with a new character, whose life is defined by the books she reads. And this has made me ponder how intertwined my life is with the books I read. I refer to characters from books I've read in my brain all the time, sometimes learning from their actions, or using what they […]
How does one coddle the mental energy to write? Ah, that is the question, is it not? As I wrote in my post last Thursday, energy for writing is different from energy for other activities, because writing is active and engaged. (As opposed to say, TV watching, which is passive.) And sometimes, in the crush […]
My name is Charlotte, and I love TV. There, I've admitted it. Lately I've been fascinated with television. This after years of not watching it, and also railing against it. But now I like nothing better than to sit down after a long day of writing and watch TV. I look forward to it. I […]
Because my loyal readers have listened to me bitch and moan about the ongoing reorganization of my office for the last six months, I promised photos of the lovely new space. I know you've all been holding your breath with anticipation, the way you do when you drive through a tunnel, but now you can […]
Yesterday I wrote a brief post about my trip to New York and how I bought an adorable pair of purple sandals. Yet I failed to offer up a photo of said adorable purple sandals. So, for those of you interested, check them out in the photo to the right. Cute, huh? And surprisingly comfortable, […]
I cleaned my closet yesterday. I didn't mean to. I've been working on the endless office project. But because I've been so focused on that, I'd been careless about piling clothes all over the room on the bureau. And so, since I'm going to New York on Wednesday and would soon need to pack, I […]
