Happy Friday! Let’s get right to it. Quote of the week:“Everyone writes in a way; that is, each person has a ‘story,’ a personal narrative which is constantly being replayed, revised, taken apart, and put together again. The significant points in this narrative change as a person ages—what may have been tragedy at twenty is — Read More
Weekly Roundup: April 1, 2022
I have a big announcement. I am going to pivot away from my usual fiction and start writing romance novels. I feel like this is where the money is at and I need to control my gag reflex and write some really cheesy love scenes. What do you think? APRIL FOOLS. My god, I cannot — Read More
Weekly Roundup: March 25, 2022
I do not know how we are at the end of March. I am envisioning a line graph where the x-axis is “age” and the y-axis is “perceived speed of time.” You catch my drift. Alright, let’s get into the good stuff: Quote of the week:“Re-examine all you have been told… dismiss whatever insults your — Read More
Weekly Roundup: March 18, 2022
I consider these little weekly roundups a journal of sorts (though I also keep a journal). Maybe one day I’ll want to see what I was thinking about in a given week. Or not. I don’t think I’ve ever gone back and read an old journal. The writing is the point, isn’t it? Quote of — Read More
Weekly Roundup: March 11, 2022
The news continues to be utterly depressing and I’ve been thinking a lot about overwhelm, and how to reconcile my own relatively petty concerns with the much larger concerns of others in different parts of the world (or next door, for all I know). Basically, #empathproblems. Quote of the week:“If we don’t change, we don’t — Read More
Weekly Roundup: March 4, 2022
Happy Friday! I had an 18-mile run scheduled today and thought about skipping it because the forecast was a bit ominous. I went for it anyway. It rained for the first half, but I’ve learned I like running in the rain (as long as there isn’t wind). Then the sun came out and it was — Read More
Weekly Roundup: February 25, 2022
Happy Friday! Mine started off with a 16-mile run in beautiful weather, during which I saw a big pod of dolphins—pretty idyllic if you ask me. Here’s to idyllic things for all of us this weekend. Quote of the week:“I am a great friend of chaos. It’s all we have. I mean, this whole concept — Read More
Weekly Roundup: February 18, 2022
Well, hello there. I missed my post last week because my website was down. After spending a few hours this week live chatting with my website host and learning way too much about SSL certificates and subdomains, it is working again. It’s actually appropriate that I missed last week as I’ve had a lot of — Read More
Weekly Roundup: February 4, 2022
Quote of the week:“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” –Joan Didion What I’m reading:Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson What I’m listening to:Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner What I’m watching:The Tinder Swindler on Netflix Writing news:I got two lovely blurbs for Ways the World Could End — Read More
Weekly Roundup: January 28, 2022
Quote of the week:“Revelations can be disastrous, but they can also be a way of building. You rip apart what you were holding fast to and then you discover new reserves in yourself. And, to me, that is exactly what we’re going through right now with the pandemic.” –Rita Dove What I’m reading:The Sweet Spot: — Read More