There's a part of me who's always writing. She's paying attention to Everything. She's reading words around her and they are zipping into her brain and calling out, pulling up, herding and weaving these words into collections...or sentences. If I read anything, I immediately start writing a response in my mind. Could be a question.… Continue reading All I Want To Do Is Write – A Map
Category: On Writing
I Wrote A New Novel
So this happened: Working title 'Beks Lauer'. It will change. !!! If you’re wondering where I’ve been. (Ha!) I’ve been writing. And writing and writing and writing. This time last year, I was also writing and writing and writing for National Novel Writing Month. I wrote the first draft of the novel I’m referring to… Continue reading I Wrote A New Novel
You Know You’re a Reader When
You have books around your house. Like, in every room. One tossed on a coffee table. A few in a stack on the dining room table that you have to move each time you set the table for a meal. There's the stack(s) by your bed, the stacks on the floor that you need to… Continue reading You Know You’re a Reader When
Four Years, Solstice, Teeth, Tomorrow
Beautiful Maria Bison Today is four years since my beautiful Nonna passed away. I awoke feeling her spirit near. My mom sent me a text with the above photo included in it. This is one of our favourite photos of my Nonna. Can you see her gentleness, her curiosity, her love, her love, her love?!… Continue reading Four Years, Solstice, Teeth, Tomorrow
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