Happy Friday! You can read my short story “See Also” in the new online spring issue of The Adirondack Review. Today, rather than try to post during the day, I’m going to focus on taking notes and soaking in AWP conference sessions and extensive exhibits, and perhaps share a few thoughts on Twitter (you can …
“Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are. The journey is both repetitious and progressive; …
Note from Lisa: I am thrilled today to share a guest post by fellow Wisconsin author E. Victoria Flynn. Read more about her in the bio, below, and be sure to connect with her on Twitter and Facebook. A Minority Approach to Writing by E. Victoria Flynn Natalie Goldberg insists, “Keep the hand moving.” It’s …
Time, time, time See what’s become of me, while I look around for my possibilities… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSd4QJBEMvk] It’s the springtime of my life. I’m not sure I felt that way before doing this retrospective exercise of creating a 2011 writing timeline. I wasn’t looking for moments of success, necessarily—instead I focused on moments that seemed important …
My latest Psychology Today post is about putting on our own oxygen masks first: “An advocate steps in and pleads another’s case. An advocate supports, promotes, and protects another’s interests and needs. This simple change of attitude toward oneself, that we are going to look out and advocate for ourselves, may be what we need …