I spent the morning writing. Not unusual. But unlike most mornings I was on a deadline, trying to get an excerpt from The Novel out the door. And unlike most mornings, I was not in my office or hiding away …
What Writing Looks Like
Sometimes writing looks a lot like someone staring at the wall. The notebook is there, waiting for words. But the writer? She’s staring at the wall. Or maybe out the window. It doesn’t look like work. It looks like doing …
New Look and Lovely Blog Awards
OK, so I haven’t been posting the last couple of weeks. Ever since I started this blog, it hasn’t felt right. Hasn’t felt like…me. So I took a little break from posting and put some of my web design skills …
Count Yourself Down
Back in college, I did a ropes course in the mountains in Colorado. The course wound its way through the forest, way up in the trees. It had ladders and single-rope lines and zip lines. I navigated the length of …
Does Your Environment Impede Your Creativity?
I wrote a post for The Parking Lot Confessional today about how our working environment helps or hinders our creative work. Here’s the link: The Birds And The Butterflies. Here’s a blurb: We’re growing butterflies at our house. We bought …