It’s Wednesday, mid-week, and the sun refuses to cut the chill in the air. But, that’s okay, because the day fits Wednesday’s word. sorrel. noun: a light reddish-brown color. (from Wordsmith.org, Today’s word) Wordsmith chooses their word of the day based on a theme every week. This week’s theme is Autumn colors. There’s more to …
Tag Archives: depression
Keep it light.
On a quiet morning last summer, I ran my fingers along the row of books on a shelf in our living room. I stopped at one heavy-weight: The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, 2nd edition. I scanned the table of contents. James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, Flannery O’Connor. Over fourteen hundred pages of classics …
Writing as Evidence
Every few days, the little voice inside my head confronts me with the same question: why write? What follows is a brief battle between several pros and one very strong con – you’re wasting your time. Julia Cameron devoted an entire book to debunking that creative crusher. Plenty of well-known writers have published their own …