When we go into a store: a candy store, a hardware store, an art supply store, a music store, a bookstore, and we feel that deep connection to the stuff for sale there, we know we are with our things; that one of our selves knows about this place, uses this stuff, and shops here regularly.
Category: Writing
Winterlude: How To Negotiate This Weird Week Between Christmas and New Year’s
My sole intention for this week was to live for four days like an animal: sleep when tired, eat when hungry, track any random ideas, patrol the outside environment at least once a day, and stay minimally connected to any static on the internet.
I Dream In Cursive
And while this Scrivener show is running okay, I’m noticing a dramatic difference between Scriv and what comes out of the pen in the morning. The pen writing is more genuine and honest. It’s less judgmental and harsh. The ink forgives.
ChatGPT And The Struggle
ChatGPT is the most exciting thing to come into my life in a very long time, but it has one big problem. It could write this blog post for me
We Are All Looking At Each Other, Trying To Figure Out How To Live
We look or read about other people’s lives to see if they have a better way of doing it: a cooler way, a more fun way, a more meaningful, transcendent, spiritual, healthy, perfect way.
Word of the Year
Word of The Year My word of the year is Pro. As in Professional. As in Turning Pro, from the Steven Pressfield book of the same name. Pressfield says there are amateurs and there are pros. Amateurs work when they feel like it. Pros work even when they don’t feel like it. Pressfield also has … Continue reading Word of the Year
NaNoWriMo: Day One. Ka-Bong.
My College Bong I have been avoiding writing all day. I’ve been doing what all great writers do when faced with a scary writing project: Clean. There was this impossible blue Rubbermaid bin tucked way in the back of my closet. It was preventing my new bamboo shoe rack from fitting. It needed it to come … Continue reading NaNoWriMo: Day One. Ka-Bong.
This Blog Is Ten Years Old
This blog is 10 years old this month. Who knew?? I didn’t even realize it until yesterday. I was reading through the archives of a blog I just discovered. The author’s archives went back to 2012. It made me wonder how far mine went back, so I checked. And lo and behold, February of … Continue reading This Blog Is Ten Years Old
Writing Is Like Cleaning The Toilet
I’m having resistance posting on this blog. So let me remind myself why I set this as a year-end goal in the first place. What was my why for this one? Frankly, I don’t remember. But my 3 main reasons for starting any project are: 1. To see if I can endure or persist over … Continue reading Writing Is Like Cleaning The Toilet
How Not Writing a Novel During National Novel Writing Month Made Me A Better Writer
I don’t write novels. Never have. Never will. But every year since 2011 I’ve signed up for NaNoWriMo, and I’ve won it 5 out of those 8 years. This was a winning year. I validated last Friday and high-fived myself. I do it mainly to increase my stamina and endurance as a writer. I think … Continue reading How Not Writing a Novel During National Novel Writing Month Made Me A Better Writer
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