I send a few pictures to my friends at the tail-end of my writing session. They are selfies captioned with expressions of my anxiety at […]
Don’t outrun the wind
It clicks and pounds and it comes out stunted Stunted, stunted Then too much, too fast, at once Slow down I can barely capture you […]
Writing Update: Some Math
As I start putting big writing blocks on my calendar over the next couple of weekends, and a longer one on weeknights, I feel both […]
Writing at Mozart’s
After work, I meet Madeline at Mozart’s, a cool coffee shop on Lake Austin Boulevard that overlooks the water. It’s got plenty of outdoor seating […]
Writing Update: Talking Aloud
Four weeks to deadline and I found myself talking out loud this weekend, using my the glass cabinet doors as a mirror (I barely know […]
Writing Update: Wrong Time, Brain
It felt so good to spend time, real lovely hours interrupted, writing again this weekend back at the library. A combination of computer repairs and […]
Writing Update: Lance is Back!
A day late on my writing update, but I got my computer back today! Brand new screen and everything is scratch and smudge-free. I ended […]
Grass-Is-Greener
I wrote, I don’t want to grass-is-greener my whole life The next chapter, the next year I brush my fingers over the seams of futures […]
Writing Update: The Doing
I had a call with my friend Jenna last night — I’m participating in her coaching program — and we had a beautiful conversation about […]
Writing Update: Sally Forth
That said, I’ve kept up writing a little each day and am about 30K words into my rewrite. I realized yesterday that I’m entering a section that will have more edits than others so I’m ready to break out my outline for reference as I sally forth.