Category: Writing
They say a writer’s work is never done. Me? I dunno. I’m just here for the wine.
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I have been a rebel my entire life. In fact, my husband at times teases me for my resistance to authority, categorization and commitment. Mine is not the in-your-face rebellion that word brings to mind, it’s more of a subtle refusal to slip into any one category for people’s comfort. So, it would make sense…
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Ten years ago, I was a college graduate working my first real job during the country’s financial crisis. I was living back at home with my parents, nursing a fresh breakup and insecure. It was not the adulthood I had pictured during high school or college.
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David Sedaris is a national treasure. Over the past few years, I’ve grown fond of his writing. I like that he chronicles the day-to-day, the normal stuff. Sometimes I like to follow along his stories comparing them with my own life.
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In a startlingly depressing statistic I read recently, only 3% of people actually finish writing their novel… which means 97% of people have the best intentions and end up quitting somewhere along the way. Here’s my advice on how to be the 3%.
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In the advent of photography online, there are a number of web sites popping up offering beautiful, craft photography that was previously unavailable to creators who were visually handicapped–– fo’ free.
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I’ve been procrastinating on finishing my book. Every time I think of it so much disappointment builds I end up avoiding it more. It’s painful to want something so bad and yet not commit to finishing it. Have you ever struggled with this?
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Two things contributed to my decision to publish myself: my psychic and my ego.
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I’m in the process of publishing a book, a collection of essays from my twenties. As one of my favorite writer’s William Zinsser said, there are many reasons to write our story besides publication and fame. It’s therapeutic and we can leave it behind for our children to know who we were, to name a…