Blog Posts

It’s no secret that we all absorb ambient negativity to some degree, often unconsciously. For the past several years, I’ve been working...

What happens when instead of hitting the ground running, as planned, you just hit the ground? If you’re me, you grumble a bit and then...

Until fairly recently, becoming a writer seemed like an unattainable dream to me. The huge “woulda, coulda, shoulda” of my life. The...

This week the CWP is off doing her thing and I’m treating myself to a glorious staycation. Lots of rest and reflection, good food, books,...

About fifteen years ago, I bought and loved Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure, edited by...

Until five years ago, the many and varied attempts I’d made to meditate regularly over a period of at least 25 years were all eventually...

I have to rant. I was recently asked this question, emphasis on the do, and not for the first time. It may or may not be a coincidence...

Now that the CWP is launching and I’m taking my writing more seriously, I spend large swaths of time alone. Some days the only...

I mentioned in an earlier post that, rather than making resolutions, I’ve decided to adopt a mantra for the year. This year’s inaugural...