I’m not sure what’s wrong with me lately. I delete a lot of words. Yesterday I wrote an entire blog post, then I posted it, then I went back and deleted it. You probably thought I didn’t write anything. But I did. I thought it was boring. I didn’t enjoy re-reading it to myself. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Delete Delete Delete
Posted in writing, tagged bees, boredom, Facebook, humor, sting, wit, writing on October 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Coffee-Shop Creeps
Posted in writing, tagged alcoholism, coffee shop, office, third place, writing on September 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Mary suggested I adopt the concept of a mobile office. Laptop at coffee shops. I don’t know about that one, Reader. I do tend to write a good number of emails in coffee shops, but that requires a different level of immersion. The kind of writing I like most to do results in the loss [...]
To Do: 9/24/09
Posted in To Do, tagged bingo, church, coffee, fiction, Findlay Market, Karen Heyl, office, To Do, writing on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To Do:
Call those women who want to buy more Findlay Market books. I swear, I am getting sick of that book thing.
Call Karen Heyl to discuss her sculpting our stone garden bench. She’s been promising to do it for a couple of years and now she’s home from an onsite project in Vail and has [...]
A Walk in the Words
Posted in writing, tagged writing, words, abbreviations, playfulness on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back to me.
No pictures, no cartoons. Just words from me. Hello words. Words words words. Words. I love that phenomena of almost losing balance when saying or writing a word over and over again. Very quickly it loses meaning, and soon you wonder if you’re even spelling it correctly. Try it.
I like getting notes from [...]
The Secret is in the Transitions
Posted in writing, tagged reciting, transition, writing on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can tell winners by their transitions. This is true when it comes to writing. Most writers falter once it’s time to shift direction or change rhythm or whatever. A lot of writing does some ugly grinding at those points. I tell my students that cool writing is like cool driving…the good drivers are invisible [...]
Like a Bleeding Watercolor
Posted in Art, tagged Farm, kites, Malcolm Morley, Robert Frost, watercolor, writing on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You know, I never ever know what I’ll share with you when I sit here with you these mornings. Really. Maybe some people can plan these things out, but I can’t. Maybe that’s why I like visiting with you like this, and maybe that’s why I think these bits and pieces have a sort of [...]
Recurrent Images
Posted in writing, tagged dog, novel, recurrent images, writing on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is just the sweetest dog.
And have I told you how often I look at a clock and it reads 5:17?
To write a novel, you need to include recurrent images.
How to Write a Novel
Posted in writing, tagged bicycle, habits, novel, writing on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s weather was gorgeous, wasn’t it? I thought I would get out in it and ride my Vespa, but once I got outside, it still seemed a bit cold for that; so, I jumped on the bicycle and rode my usual loop. Some people don’t really have “usual loops;” they get bored, so they mix [...]
Yes. Thanks for Asking Me
Posted in writing, tagged Kent State University Press, poetry, Salt, Wick Poetry Center, writing on January 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The first word out of my mouth is usually “no.” Do you want to do this? No. Do you want to go there? No.
Yesterday afternoon I received a phone call from the people at the Wick Poetry Center inviting me to an event at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. These are the folks who [...]
