Bookshelf Landmines – a Reprisal
An essay on how writing can change one’s relationship with books? Read More …
Quitting the Label “Quitter”
I try to take great care in using labels to describe people, even in my own mind. Whether positive or negative, self or externally imposed, they constrain, bind and inhibit human behavior. If you doubt that statement, watch the Youtube video embedded below Read More …
Befriending the Imposter Syndrome Beasticle – a Strategy for Writers Whose Internal Editor is a Special Brand of Nasty
Of all the voices of the Inner Critic, one of the most virulent is that of the Imposter Syndrome — my personal vulnerability. What is the IS? You might suffer from it if you: *Carry a sense of fraudulence. *Believe you’re one step away Read More …
Curdled Awesome Sauce
What is it about pending horse shows that bring out deep emotion in me? If ya figure it out, could you wisen my brain box? See, at present I should be packing the car. My daughter has her last 4H show Read More …
Temper Tartum
Yesterday I told Molly I’d quit writing for good. I even meant it. I had been struggling with the same scene for days despite promising myself I’d push into first-draft gear and crank the words out. I told myself revisions would Read More …
Goldilocks and the Three Mares
A moody, defiant, decision to write despite imperfect circumstances and the Imposter Syndrome. Read More …
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