Mind Over Matter: Overcoming Self-Doubt in Those Opening Lines by Anita Gill — BREVITY’s Nonfiction Blog

I'm popping out of my self-imposed bubble long enough to share this essay by Anita Gill in BREVITY. So much of this short essay resonated with me and my perpetual struggle with my inner critic, and, of course, it prompted a comment from me. Please read the essay (and my comment below) and let me…

WritingNotWriting #Mondayblogs #amwriting #amknitting

The title of my post is a riff on the fleetingly popular #SorryNotSorry. I'm writing but not really writing. I mean, I haven't been writing but I've been thinking about it a lot. As usual. What I have been doing is ... knitting.     When in doubt, I knit. Not only is knitting a…

What’s the Worst That Can Happen When I Don’t Write? #MondayBlogs #amwriting

I don't like complaining ... in public, anyway.  And I don't like making excuses.  Unfortunately, complaining and excuses seem to go hand-in-hand for me.  The thing about complaining is that there is always someone worse off than me, which should give some perspective.  And the thing about excuses is, nobody cares.  We all have excuses. …

Apropos of Nothing #MondayBlogs #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays

I've been lurking offline of late, infrequently skating by a few blogs or Facebook status updates or tweets.  I've several reasons for my grayish absence, and only a few of them may redeem me.  Guess which. Reasons for being absent from social media: In a pre-holiday funk, which seems to always come around this time…

Course Review: Flash Essay on the Edge #MondayBlogs

I've mentioned that Luanne Castle of A Writer's Site and I recently participated in an online course for flash nonfiction, offered by Apiary Lit.  Well, we've survived finished the course and want to share our experience with all you dear Readers.  We put our heads together and created the following list of Pros and Cons.…

Not Letting Go, Part 1 #MondayBlogs

Several months ago I went on a trip down memory lane, posting images of work I did during my college years. Click here if you want to read/reread that post.  I'll wait. Well, here I go again, and this time a little further back in time.  1976.  Spring semester at the community college I was…

WIP Blog Tour!

Many thanks to Luanne Castle at Writer Site for tagging me to participate in this special blog tour.  It comes at a good time for me because I've been wrestling working on my WIP, Clemency, A Novel.  Before you read my post (or after if you prefer), please do read Luanne's post on her WIP: …

Throwback: I AM therefore I write

Following is a post from May 24, 2008.  I had had my blog for several months, but was still finding my way.  [And, frankly, I'm still finding my way but the journey is fun.  I don't know that I really want to make my destination.]  I'm re-posting for two reasons: (1) to remind myself how…

A New Year Begins …

Well, it began several hours ago (or longer depending on where YOU live).  And how did I spend the first day of the new year?  Cleaning, doing laundry, reading blog posts, making dal for dinner.  You know, fun stuff.  (Well, making dal is fun in part because I use a slow-cooker.) But perhaps the biggest,…

Author’s Note: Post-Clemency

This has been an interesting experiment. I’ve posted poems and short fiction and “formal” essays before on my blog, but never a whole novel. Well, I still haven’t done that. You see, my plan originally was to just post a couple of the early chapters and then throw myself into NaNoWriMo. Then I got the…