Even When You Don’t Think It’s Good Enough I’m a wuss. There, I said it. I don’t publish nearly as much as I write. I suffer from imposter syndrome and publisher block. Nobody is going to want to read my stuff, I tell myself. Who do I even think I am, anyway? Right? Wrong! If you want…
A Dream There’s a Mothman in my room, over by the window. I think I must be dreaming. He’s just standing there, a large dark figure in a dark room. He seems to feel me watching him and he turns around to face me. I am frozen in my bed, watching him unfold his giant…
Letting Go of Your Mother “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does, and that is his.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest “How are you?” I asked. “Oh, fine, fine,” she said. Then: “Old. Old and brittle. Too old,” grimacing. Though a screen cannot compare to personal…
How Non-Issues to One Are Real Issues to Another “I am not young enough to know everything.” ― Oscar Wilde As I am writing down my thoughts and feelings, I am very aware of their insignificance in the big scheme of things. I wonder why I am writing at all. Surely, faced with climate change, natural…
How to mine your emotions to fuel your writing “The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs.” ― John Champlin Gardner Jr., The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers My husband is a very vocal person. I suppose growing up alone can produce different outcomes….
Why you should sometimes take a break from writing and how to go about it It is my goal to be an accomplished writer. I use this word deliberately: accomplished. To me it says two things: Skilled Recognized I tend to steer clear of the word “success” because to me it has become tainted. It is…