Whenever I get an email notice of a new post on the blog “The Sophia Project,” written by Cyndi Briggs, I feel myself jump inside, kind of like when my grandpa would pull some candy from his pocket, or the Bookmobile arrived at our country school once a week. Today I got a Cyndi fix, …
Day five of writing for an hour before going online! Yesterday, I will admit, the hour was a struggle. What I wrote wasn’t very good. I didn’t really know where I was starting much less going. However, I kept writing. I also reminded myself a) that I’m new to this single-tasking thing, and b) I …
Writing is not a zero sum game. Regardless of where we are in the writing journey or what our specific goals are, we all can take joy in the success of other writers, learn from them, and draw inspiration and energy from their success.
Let’s talk about making lists. I don’t know what I like more about Patricia Morrisroe’s “More Than Enough Hours in Every Day”: the author’s mother-in-law’s red spiral notebook filled with book lists, or the thought that I might need less sleep as I age and will have more time to do all the things I …