I forgot I got tagged for this meme, so here goes:
5 Reasons I’m a Strong Writer:1. I’ve taught myself without the benefit of a MFA or even a Bachelors. I discovered I wanted to write after I went to art school so I’m doing it the old fashioned way- lots of writing and lots of [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Five…uh, I Mean, Six Reasons I’m a Strong writer
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Few of My Favorite things
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It seems like I hear this song a dozen times a day so I may as well use it to inspire a post here.
These are a few of my favorite things:- reading in bed after I wake up in the morning- clean, crisp sheets- bare trees etched against a blue sky- the smell of coffee [...]
Amused by the Muses
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our icicle Christmas lights are lit and dangling from the eaves outside my window. They’ve been up for over a week but we didn’t turn them on until tonight. I really need one holiday to be over before I start with the next one.
Here is a website I enjoy. Her book “The Nine Modern Day [...]
My Own Personal Bookstore
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I had a coupon for 40% off a book today so, of course, I had to use it. But as I browsed the shelves, for once I didn’t feel an urgent need to buy a book. Not one for me anyway. I thought of all the books I have at home and it is seriously [...]
Reading with Pen in Hand
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Outside my window fat flakes of snow are falling. It looks like a snow globe out there.
I finished “The Best Place to Be” by Lesley Dormen. It is a novel-in-stories. I didn’t realize it but I had read several of the stories already. I guess in literary journals or on-line perhaps. Anyway, the stories [...]
A Gentle Meandering
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m finding myself browsing through books I’ve read before on creativity. On writing. On inspiration. Motivation. Between the short days and early darkness and the holidays I find myself sinking into a kind of creative lethargy. It’s okay for now. All cycles need waxing and waning. Ups and downs. Usually the ups and downs feel [...]
A Bit of Inspiration
Posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here are some of my favorite, inspiring quotes on writing and the creative process:
“The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.” – Muriel Rukeyser
“Artistic growth is more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, [...]
Observe Instead of Retreat
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am sitting in my office and it is 4:54. The light is quickly fading. Long inky clouds stretch across the horizon, halos of peach feathering at the edges. It feels like I can see the sun setting before me eyes. Why am I always surprised when the days get shorter and shorter and darker [...]
And the Next Book Is…
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So I settled on “The Best Place To Be” by Lesley Dormen. I think I first read her in “The Atlantic Monthly” and now she has this collection of linked stories out. It’s about a woman at all the different stages of her life which is similar to the project I am working on that [...]
Book After Book
Posted in Uncategorized on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I finished “The Kite Runner” today. It really was hard to put down. I loved getting a glimpse into a totally different culture, especially one that we are so at odds with. The story reveals the beauty and flaws that are inherent in being human, regardless of where we live, whom we pray to or [...]
