I’m in Rochester this evening. A day of travel — Madison to Chicago to Rochester with my nuclear family. The bartender at the Hampton Inn […]
IMAX
Bigger than I rememberLouder tooBut more empty seatsAnd empty parking spaces I spent two months serving popcornRipping ticket stubsLearning how to tie trash bagsDripping with […]
Long Days
Spent all my tokens–my laughter, my energy–on the dark drive down I’ll find the fountainwith creativity andgrab all the pennies Weary, wide awakePray the lord […]
NaNoWriMo, Week One
I’m one week into NaNoWriMo! Three more weeks to go. The last couple of days have been much harder than that glorious weekend writing sessions. […]
Tarot as a Writing Exercise
I was trying to think about my deuteragonist’s character arc and motivations tonight. We don’t get his direct perspective in the story and I need […]
Call It Life
I took the medicineIt does its workAll that treading waterAnd my feet brush the bottom Then: wave after wave after waveSpit out the saltCall it […]
Easy Saturday
Sleeping inWriting daysI listen to my podcast while I walk and laugh the whole way Building a fireGetting my home cleanI wind down with Malcolm […]
NaNoWriMo, Day 3
It’s been a few years since I’ve written a trash draft. A draft zero. A ‘don’t worry about it you can fix it later’ draft. […]
NaNoWriMo, Day 2
Okay, blog writing after NaNoWriMo writing may get a little exhausting. But we persevere. I got in 1,950 words tonight. This is definitely a trash […]
NaNoWriMo
I have hesitantly decided to try out NaNoWriMo this year. That’s National Novel Writing Month for those unfamiliar. Basically, you commit to writing 50,000 words […]