I told my friend "In the game of How Many Summer Vacation Days Before Mom Loses Her Shit?, this year's score is the number of days between the last day of school and today." Because: -Back here after being home for over 3 weeks. Usually I break down right away. It takes … [Read more...]
Use the Good Paper
Be nice to your shitty first draft. In November I wrote a novel. Well, 50,000 words in a row in a Word document. But I am practicing saying "I wrote a novel" in case that makes it come true, as if saying it will help me make the document into a book you can hold in your … [Read more...]
Cheers, My Long Lost Friend #tbt
Cocktail cruise on Lake Arrowhead. Must be pre-2005 because that's a bikini on me under that tank top and pants. And that's Lisa on the left. #tbt = Throwback Thursday … [Read more...]
It’s a Small Life After All
I'm going to try something for a minute. I'm going celebrate my little life. I'm going to be proud of trying to be a good mother. Trying to be a good housekeeper, a good wife, a good PTA president, a good member of my community, a good writer, a good daughter, sister, … [Read more...]
Process
Photo by Jawed Kayim from Wikimedia She enters the room every day. Most days, she sits down and writes. Some days, when there is more activity in the house, she perches on the edge of the chair, pushes around a thing or two, and then gets up and leaves, returning after dark, … [Read more...]