Apr 12, 2012 | The Writing Life
I’m on my way to New York to watch my daughter’s chorus perform at Carnegie Hall. So I’m writing this post from 38,000 feet. I figured it would be a good use of my flight time. I usually write in my office with all my writerly things around me. It...
Apr 2, 2012 | Motivating Word
FLOW I’m at the beach this week and was very tempted to skip my blog. But as I watched the waves roll toward the shore, it occurred to me that I needed to stay in the flow of writing. There will always be something else to do other than write. So, we have to...
Mar 26, 2012 | Motivating Word, The Writing Life
MOMENTUM Last night, my son asked why I stopped writing my blog. The question surprised me. I didn’t realize he read it regularly enough to know I hadn’t written anything in a few weeks. I have had this mental block since February when I went on an unexpected birthday...
Oct 15, 2020 | 0 Notes on the Writing LIfe
Ode to Natalie Goldberg Free writing Natalie Goldberg Peter Elbow FollowFollowFollow – Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within is the one book – other than the Bible – that has had the greatest influence on my life. Prior to reading it, my writing was...
