Because I am fortunate enough to work with Alex Mattingly (and vice versa), we get to chatter at each other in person and via email 5 days a week. This morning I stopped by his cubicle on the way back to my desk from the kitchen to blather at him about how my week is …
On Inspiration
All the time--really, all the time--I am thinking about writing, and all the time lines come into my head, fully formed, that kick me and say, write me down. And I am dutiful--if I am at work, I hurry to open a blank Word document and type out what I have in my head. As …
Week in Review
I should be in bed reading, but instead I'm in bed staring at my computer screen, hoping I'll start typing up a blog post....kind...of...like...this.Well, hello then. How are you. I'm cold.It's Saturday so I'm sort of eh-minded about whether or not I should get any actual writing done. It's funny--you'd think the presence of Weekend …
The Nervous Space
I think the best thing about my writing group (known officially as Writing Group) is that in Writing Group, you can, just because of the nature of the gathering, talk about ANYTHING. Because when you're a writer, you just have to. You always have to be figuring things out. It's part of the unspoken job …
Start Your Engines for Blogcember
Start your engines...and other obnoxious racing phrases, all allowable because I'm a full time resident of mother effing Indianapolis, people. Do you know what's CRAZY? How much I hesitate to sit down to blog on my blog. Why? Because I'm worried about what I might say...on my blog. Myyyy blogggg. Bananas. I have got to …
Jackie Lutzke 