This week is open topic week over at The Parking Lot Confessional. I chose to talk about my fear of the dark. Lately I find my writing pushing me into areas where I’m…shall we say… less than comfortable. Dark corners. …
Writing ‘Housekeeping’ Scenes
It’s Monday morning and my house is a mess. I should have spent some time cleaning this weekend, but I didn’t. I chose instead to spend time with family and friends, and to write. As I survey the cleaning tasks …
A Lesson From My Dog
I took last week off from blogging and…well…everything for two reasons: It was Spring Break. We decided to landscape our yard. By “landscape our yard” I don’t mean we came up with a design and hired a crew to do …
Spring Break
It’s Spring Break at our house. Instead of traveling, we’ve taken on a large (and very creative) project for the house. We also have guests from out of town. This means little time for writing, and even less time for …
Writing the First Draft: Are you a Picasso or a Pollack?
My husband and I are in the garage, painting. He’s building a shelving unit to hold our many books. The boards are arranged on a tarp on the garage floor, and we’re painting the base coat. The paint is thick …