Entries by Bethany

Mucking Out

As I believe I have mentioned (probably numerous times), I have been mucking out my writing cabin. To give credit where credit is due, the idea of hiring someone to help me came from my Writing Lab friend, Lori, who is going through this process in her entire house, and then from a new book, Minding […]

What’s the Worse Thing that Can Happen?

About “dh.” I don’t know the first thing about sports, or what exactly a “designated hitter” is. But I didn’t mean to suggest anything violent with the reference. No one is hitting anyone. It interests me, how even when communication gets strained my husband and I continue to work together and balance things out. One […]

Too Many Irons in the Fire?

I don’t know how I let ELEVEN days get away from me, without blogging. Oh, wait, I DO know: First week of teaching a class at my old college. Daughter number 1 moving back to Bellingham. Daughter number 2 working temporarily down at Pike Place Market and bumming rides from me (and her dad) while […]

5 lessons I learned while submitting to literary journals

As you know, I’ve been sending work out this month. So, in that light, I thought I’d reblog this very useful post from Dear Reader: A Writing Life Beyond the Page.  Dear Reader, What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon! The national organization, Women Who Submit, organized a national Submission Blitz on Saturday. […]