Relationships are work. That’s all there is to it. There are glorious days and difficult days, but if you’re willing to persevere, the relationship will grow, transform, and blossom. But it requires both parties, and if that doesn’t happen, then it won’t work. If you’ve been following my posts, you’ll know that I fell in […]
Letting Go of God
My friend Becky gave Julia Sweeney’s monologue to me a while back, and although I’ve had it on my iPod for a while, I clicked play yesterday and began listening. It’ll make you laugh; it’ll make you sad; it’ll make you feel validated and heard. I give you…Julia Sweeney, comedian extraordinaire. But mostly, she gives […]
All the Difference in a Day
Hello, you! It’s a brand-new week full of promises and prospects. Are you prepared to be dazzled? Delighted? Tickled? Surprised? Peer into the gaps of your day, the teensiest of spacious moments, and carve out a figurative place of quiet. Observe. [Note to self: you do not need external quiet to do this, but you […]
Ten Rules for Writing Fiction
The Guardian published “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction” from each of 29 well-known authors–Elmore Leonard, Diana Athill, Margaret Atwood, Roddy Doyle, Helen Dunmore, Geoff Dyer, Anne Enright, Richard Ford, Jonathan Franzen, Esther Freud, Neil Gaiman, David Hare, PD James, AL Kennedy, Hilary Mantel, Michael Moorcock, Michael Morpurgo, Andrew Motion, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Proulx, Philip […]
The Writing Life
Have you read The Writing Life by Annie Dillard? You should, you should, if you’re a writer (or any sort of artist). Aren’t we all, in a way? I’m in the throes of writing again, so these quotes mean something to me. Perhaps you’d like to listen in… “So it is that a writer writes […]