I wrote an angryStuttering poemBut then I rememberedThat just becauseI got something out of meDoesn’t meanIt needs to pierce someone else So here’s is a […]
Any Way the Wind Blows
Any Way the Wind Blows released yesterday. This is the third and final book in the Simon Snow trilogy by Rainbow Rowell. Carry On was […]
Writing Update: On Track
The goal is to have the trash draft (draft zero, draft just get some words on the page and fix it later) complete by the […]
59 Books
Halfway through the year means halfway through my reading challenge! I set it at 100 books this year and am a little ahead of schedule. […]
Fireworks
It’s like we were inside the fireworksThey shot directly over our headsBoomed and scattered across the nightTrails of golden light . . . trails of […]
Make time for what you love
So many people don’t make time for the things they love to do. Leah tells me that. She works at the Writing Center where I […]
I’m Grateful
I’m grateful for the pages turned — as fast as I can and then slowly, to digest it all. A string of good books. I’m […]
What sound does a frog make?
A family walkDad says: Do you hear the frogs?He mimics: tweet tweet With Love, Natalie
If the earth stopped spinning
If the earth stopped spinningAll at once1,000 mph to zeroIn under sixty secondsThe rotations would stopBut the oceans would notImagine, all the water1,000 mph across […]
Writing Update: Optimistic
I’m a little behind my goal (time well traded to spend with my BFF this weekend), but I’m still feeling optimistic about getting the word […]