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
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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
Spring Snow & A Good Interruption
Spring Equinox was March 19. Today, it's snowing. *She throws her head back and laughs.* Indeed, our spring is showing signs of continued confusion by way of Mother Nature's choices. As much as she's teaching us about accountability, I believe she's also teaching us about going with the flow of change. That even change...can have… Continue reading Spring Snow & A Good Interruption
You know you’re a writer when
You are constantly thinking of book titles. They come to you whilst you're driving to get your kids, for example. You're thinking about something that happened in your life, and a title for a chapbook, say, or even a full-length poetry collection swoops into your movie mind. Thick black helvetica letters in bold: BREAK-UPS FOR… Continue reading You know you’re a writer when
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