Letting Go to Write More
I did a tough thing a few weeks ago. I hired a dog walker for Zoe and Zephyr, my two whippets. It hadn’t been something I was planning on doing. We were tight, the Zs and I. We spent our…
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Friday Feast: Why Rejection Feels Personal, Shitty Job = Better Writer, Things You Should Worry about While Writing a Novel, Writing Historical Novels Set in Eras You Know Nothing About, and Irish Writers on How Their Irish Heritage Influenced Them
Let’s kick off the weekend by reading a little bit about the sting of writerly rejection. Then, we’ll slide into how your shitty day job is at least making you a better writer (yay). We’ll get anxious with another writer and…
Friday Feast: Just Say No, On Poverty in Literature, the Writing Lessons of Hamilton, Risky Writing, and Why We Don’t Italicize Spanish
This week, we learn why creatives who say no are the most productive. (So hard to do in reality.) We also dig in to the representations of poverty in literature, the writing lessons of Hamilton, and one author’s perspective on…
YA Wednesday: What Teens Really Think, Feel, and Want You to Know
As someone whose teen years are miles away in the rear view mirror, I often find myself using that trite expression, “Back when I was a kid,” with my teenage children. Cue the eye rolling. No wonder. The time before…
An Introverted Writer’s Take on Confidence
Ah, writers. We spend countless hours with ourselves in our heads, surrounded by books, pens, and papers. The only warm-blooded thing in the room is a dog or cat, maybe a bird or a fish. Any person in the room…
YA Wednesday: Hot Valentines
With the scent of roses in the air and the taste of chocolate lingering on my tongue, my thoughts turn to Valentine’s Days of yore. I remember in third grade when everyone was exchanging valentines, I gave one to every…