Comer bien en Amman

[Click here for the version in English] Comer bien en Amman, Jordania, te puede costar mucho, o muy, pero que muy poco. Hay puestos de falafel por todos lados, e incluso en los puestos más sencillos, se toman muy en serio la labor de hacer el falafel. Nada de aceite...
Ground rules for meditating: gerund edition

Ground rules for meditating: gerund edition

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...
Zero moment

Zero moment

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...
Moving the goals post

Moving the goals post

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,...
Done and to do: my writing year

Done and to do: my writing year

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...
Nathalie is ready for her close-up. Cover Reveal!

Nathalie is ready for her close-up. Cover Reveal!

Nathalie is ready for her close-up. Spy Act has a cover design, created by the A-MAY-ZING Rima Salloum, who was able to take my words and create a gorgeous visual. I swear I only bothered her a little bit with fussing around with things and colors and fonts and images...