Don't be mad cuz I'm doing me better than you doing you. --Childish Gambino, "Sweatpants" ++++ I love that song. I blared it in my car earlier. Even though it kind of makes me sick, because it speaks to something that's really been bothering me the past couple of years--the idea that we're all just …
Habits???
Let's be clear: the only habits I have are bad ones. Chewing my fingernails. Staying up WAY TOO LATE. Speaking before thinking (I've gotten better, but, man, sometimes . . . .) Leaving crap lying around. Not doing laundry. Not doing dishes. Losing my temper. Gosh can I stop now Here are my good habits: …
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 …
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 …
New Things
Yesterday, something wonderful happened: a friend and another friend and a couple of new friends and I got together at my house for a couple hours in hopes that we could turn ourselves from Semi-Random Collection of People into Writing Group. And by the end of it -- with most thanks to my really annoying …
