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This is a magical time of year. I’m done with my day job for the summer, the kids are still in school for the next few weeks, and my calendar is more white space than blocks of color. Ah, free time. I should be a writing fool. But last fall when I cleared my calendar for …
Continue reading “I’ve got all day to write…. Um, now what?”
I post here every Wednesday. Mostly about writing and life and sometimes about the way one bleeds into the other. I post religiously. If only to keep my mind on the stories and my hands to the page. Some weeks though, like this week, it seems silly to blog. Catching news clips on the earthquake in Nepal, reading …
Continue reading “Slowing Down. Paying Attention. Taking Note”
A few weeks ago, I slipped away to a vacation home overlooking Lake Michigan for a self-made writing retreat. Almost three full days with a writing friend on one side and a knitting friend on the other, the fridge packed with snacks, and full view of the sunrise each morning meant No reason not to write, unless you …