So here it is, January of the New Year. I have a few resolutions I’m working on, and someone suggested that I reframe why I set them, and that conversation got me thinking. Then, at Writing Lab today, one of our writers admitted that she doesn’t write very much, even though she’d like to, because […]
My mother used to say, “I have no secrets.” In other words, if she thought it, she shared it. So I want to share with you the secret of my morning routine. As soon as I get up–well, pretty much as soon as I get up–I go out to the kitchen, flip on the Keurig, […]
I stayed up late New Year’s Eve — making a last-ditch, under-the-wire effort to meet my submission goals for 2017. “Getting my ducks in a row.” Or attempting to. I believe my husband said goodnight and went to bed at 8:30. Daughter #3 (the only duckling still at home) disappeared into the night around the […]
Whatever 2017 has been — an adventure, a slog, a learning opportunity, a chance for healing — we’re coming to the junction where it will end and 2018 will roll out ahead of us. I am working on getting caught up on my 2017 send-out of poems and stories (I’m determined to make my goal […]