Writing
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Input and Output
December, I decided, must be a time to simplify and focus. Let go of the other things and enjoy the holidays. Don’t do too much. For me, writing is rejuvenating, but in an energizing way, not a restful way, and this month must be a time to rest. A time to put in, not put… Continue reading
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Observations and Publications
Some things on my mind: Everyone should read Wendell Berry If you want to use AI as a writer, you shouldn’t be a writer. If Laura Ingalls’ sister had never gone blind and Laura had not spent every day “seeing” things for Mary, would she ever have written her descriptive, fascinating Little House series? I… Continue reading
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Writing Without Writing (plus two lessons)
The first lesson: Any moment can be a writing session. Continue reading
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The Dragons My Characters Fight (but don’t necessarily slay)
My villains look less and less like villains, and my heroes less and less like heroes. They are just people, put between a rock and a hard place, panicking, scrambling, doing the best they can, and often that best is not very good. Continue reading
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The most exciting thing I’ll share on my blog all year…
I can’t begin to explain how elated I am right now. A few weeks ago, I submitted to The Society of Classical Poets’ annual Haiku competition… …and I won. Continue reading
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Poetry Publication
Today two of my poems were published at Sparks of Calliope. “To Be In Paradise in October” was written three years ago, when I was living in Hawaii… Continue reading
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Striving After Love
I read and write eclectically. Poetry. Fantasy stories. Journal entries. Russian short stories—German fairy tales—midwifery books—blog posts, emails, rants, prayers. I am drawn to all of these, moved by all of these; but what binds them together, what makes them mine? I know the answer, now. Continue reading
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Trust the Process
Often when I am in the depths of a writing project, it feels rather like being sucked into a whirlpool with the ship I’m trying to build. Continue reading
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Wave After Wave After Wave
Wave after wave after wave, / Followed forever by waves. / Wild, rolling, calm they persist… Continue reading
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Mastery
I strove for the impossible:I challenged wind to have a race.I learned to beat back every blastUntil before me gales would brace.I sent them all around the world,In every locked and bolted place.Wind obeys my voice, butI am nothing when I see her face. I crouched beside a glowing ember,Til I learned to hold a… Continue reading
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