A list of gerunds I found myself doing mentally, while meditating. I'm supposed to be breathing and feeling the breath, and that's all, but I found a few other ways to pass the time. It is BUSY up in HERE. Hypochondriacking (sp?) Questioning my spelling Rueing...
Zero moment: that minuscule space in time before you do something that changes you forever. I’m a writer, and I think of myself as always having been one. But it’s not true. I have first, foremost and absolutely been a dedicated reader. I’ve got one, two, three or...
Featured pic from Mitchell Lawler on Unsplash Goalposts - goals - get it? The start of a year is an appropriate, if imperfect, time for looking at your goals and urging yourself forward. I think goals should be realistic but ambitious - after all, you only get one...
I came across a blog post today on the Brevity site, by Allison K. Williams, asking about one's writing year: what did you manage to accomplish? The novelty was the positive angle: not what did you promise yourself to do, and not get done, a set of questions I'm...
...slightly to the side or underneath the Hero's Journey... [is] the misfit's myth: Even at the moment of your epic failures, you are beautiful. Because you have risen from mud or trauma or despair or jail or grief or abuse or alcohol or drugs, you have the ability...
The story: a crazy invention from my beloved niece, about family. Not our family, but a family. Each person has their weaknesses and strengths, or "struggles" and "abilities". As debilitating as their struggles are, their strengths are little superhero powers. It's a...
Tunis today. We walked around till we were almost dead. The sun is so intense, even in autumn! It was 4:00 before we could eat lunch, but when we did... Ravioli Dello Chef for me, Carbonara for Ramon (ever the traditionalist). And a gorgeous salad shared. Hon hon hon...
Calling all creative minds… Let's novel! National Novel Writing Month is about to begin. This annual event pits you against your inner editor (troublesome fellow: more on him below) to write 50,000 words – the equivalent of a novella – in one month. Millions around...
I tried writing a note to a friend in ze French language. Ouch. We've been studying for months and still, the basic conversations with the front desk at our hotel, or answering people's questions about Catalunya, are so awkward and clumsy I want to press "pause" on...