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Cultivate: Writing

On Order & Getting It Done

January 24, 2012

I’ve been working on this particular book project for months and, at last check, the word count was still measly. I made an outline of the book first; that’s what they tell you to do. And though I’ve never been much for following directions, in publishing I seem to take advice from the [...]

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The One in Which I Plead with You to Help Me Not be Mortified

December 12, 2011

So, recently there was this discussion of the lack of community and connectedness so many of us feel as freelance writers as we work feverishly from our homes and the corner coffee shop; and then there was this spur-of-the-moment declaration that I should just start a virtual writers’ group to fill that void; and it [...]

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Cultivating 2012: On Inefficiency

December 10, 2011

Today’s post has been written as part of Reverb11; I’m calling my version of this year’s community based exercise Cultivating 2012. You can read more about the history of Reverb, learn how to join and find the prompts I’m using here.
Today’s Prompt: Where did you notice inefficiencies in your life in 2011? How can you [...]

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Musings on a Writerly Life: Punctuation & Voice Edition

November 23, 2011

I like to think that I’ve gotten a handle on my unhealthy obsession with commas. It’s why I don’t proofread anything I write; if I did, I’d have to admit I still over- (and mis-) use commas — and every other form of punctuation known to man. And then I’d be transported back [...]

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You’re Not Lost. And I Don’t Think I am Either.

June 27, 2011

I don’t remember much about that night other than it looked like November.
Which I know, doesn’t tell you a damn thing. But I love it when it looks like November. Not because I am particularly fond of the month itself. I like Thanksgiving and the bigger, more important Holiday that immediately [...]

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On The Acceptance of Messes

June 21, 2011

Last weekend a family friend stopped by. I knew he was coming. He’d called my husband and arranged the visit earlier in the week. They just hadn’t set up a day or time. “Sometime in the next couple of weeks” was what I was told.
When he arrived I was [...]

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Are You a Genius? Or Do You Have One?

March 4, 2011

There’s a Monchichi on my desk and, recently, I’ve begun blaming him for everything. Something I wrote wasn’t witty enough for you? It’s the Monchichi’s fault. That painting I painted looks like a kindergartener teamed up with a Chimpanzee and flung paint at a canvas? Monchichi. That picture [...]

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Counting Words

September 22, 2010

Sometimes I google things like “How Many Words Should I Write Today”. I’m not sure why, other than, perhaps, that I put an unhealthy and incredibly unnatural amount of stock in Google’s opinion of my life. Or, maybe, that I like to waste time.
I mean, if you stop to think about [...]

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I’ve Hit The Wall

September 9, 2010

I’m stuck.
I’ve stopped counting the hours I’ve spent on this book proposal. It’s futile. They’re countless. And now, more than half done, I’ve run into the wall. I hate it. Every word I’ve poured into it with blood, sweat and tears makes my skin crawl. It’s all wrong. [...]

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Embracing My Superiority

August 13, 2010

In one of the sessions I attended at BlogHer ‘10 last week an audience member took the mic and uttered some of the simplest, yet most profound words I would hear all weekend. I didn’t write that quote down word-for-word so I’ll have to paraphrase here, but it still bears repeating. The topic [...]

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