My View from Here

This week, I am vacationing off the beaten path, traveling the slow road with the family through lower Michigan and across the bridge and finally ending up here:

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I’m not entirely disconnected from technology, but distanced enough to keep me grounded in the moment, not caught up in what I’m missing. With that in mind, I doubt much writing will get done this week. It seems natural (and necessary) to let deadlines go, to rest a bit, to just be.

If the itch strikes, write. If not? Well, then….

For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life…being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that. ~Alice Walker

 

Writer Incognito

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I may be sunning, but I’m writing just the same (thought by thought, word by word).

Where are you writing today?

Photo courtesy of V.M.

Perfect Writing Weather

The sun has been out full force these past few days. But last month around this time, the skies were gray and the air was cold and the clouds insisted on throwing rain and sleet–perfect weather, really, since I had access to this wonderful, old house and two days of intensive writing.

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Pop over to Write It Sideways and read more about the planning of this writing getaway and how you can create your own. (here’s a hint: take a friend).