Do your future self a favor and write yourself a letter to open this time next year. It’s a common exercise, but a beautiful gift. […]
Writing Update: Bless Critique Partners
My main writing update from this past week is that one of my new critique partners from my queer writing group read my story and […]
Icebreakers
I have been in charge of icebreakers for our leadership offsite planning meetings for four years now. That’s four years, four meetings a year (we […]
What Balance Means
Here’s what balance means to me: the discipline to get shit done, to stick to routines, to say yes and show up, to move my […]
A Holiday-ish Saturday Listicle
In which I hang up my seventh-day advent calendar ornament because I actually put up all six of my Christmas decorations last weekend In which […]
2010 Memory Poem
I’m going to cheat a bit tonight and share an old piece of writing, but it was just such a bizarre find. I’m working on […]
Create at Work
One of my goals for the year of Create was to put creation and writing into my work life. I had started off at my […]
Breathe Down
Calling me back, soon All those safeguards Against mindlessness I plant anchors For routine, and focus, And aspiration And I keep them But life comes […]
Writing Update: Comp Titles
One of my beta readers, Katie (who is an incredible editor), was kind enough to give me comp titles with her initial editorial letter for […]
Coloring Fawkes
Adult coloring books are such a beautiful concept. I say that as someone who doesn’t care much for crafts, but cares a lot about having […]