Cobwebbed
"Write your story," the WordPress prompt says. Okay, here's my story. This year, my writing pals and I started a group, at the behest of one person who'd been saying since last year that we were all writers and needed a group, by gum. We've met four times now, and I think it's keeping most […]
What You Love
(Well first, holy shit, this WordPress editor is all new -- I'm playing around with Gutenberg to see how it works, so we'll see. Hey, drop caps. Midway in: well Gutenberg won't let me even make a link, so that's not the function we're looking for, WordPress.) They tell you to write what you love. […]
Creed
When Assassin's Creed Origins was announced, I was pretty excited. A game set in ancient Egypt? With a setting where you can just explore and not worry about Romans or gods trying to kill you? A game where you can wander around and pet cats, and scritch your pet falcon under the chin? ACO provides […]
Crones
We are not taught how to age gracefully. Our culture tells us what has value: beauty, youth, health. Here's how to mask your wrinkles. Here's how to hide your gray hair. Never matter that wrinkles come from a body in motion. Never mind that hair losing its color is wholly natural -- and happens to […]
Dear Amazon
Dear Amazon, Yesterday, you told me that Rings of Anubis could be had for $4! Well that's deal, I thought, and I went to look at the page, thinking I would advertise the sale to my five readers. Only, when I got to the page, I saw the book was no longer part of Prime, […]
Groove
Two weeks ago, I slipped down the stairs -- because who doesn't love doing that, really -- and bruised my tailbone. The bruises have only just shown themselves, and it was kind of a relief to see them, and say "oh hey, that really did happen, and I'm not quite nine hundred and three years […]
Weight
I used to really enjoy lifting weights. There's something comforting about it, which... I know that sounds weird. But it feels good to have moved iron around. And to look at me, you'd certainly never think oh my this lady likes going to the gym, but I used to -- until all the other weight […]
The Well, Actually
I first met Anne Lamott in the 90s, via her book Bird by Bird. Someone told my mom about the book and she said she wanted to get it for me, because it was about writing. We gleefully crossed paths with the hardcover (in a bookstore! gasp!) some weeks later, and brought a copy home. […]
Not Always Graceful
Goodbyes aren't always graceful. You can't always plan for them. Sometimes we know. Sometimes they come out of left field and sock you in the face like a baseball. If you haven't seen Infinity War, you may want to skip this entry. I have no idea what I'm going to say, but suspect a spoiler […]
Say the Thing
Writing can be really weird, right? In my current WIP, I'm alternating points of view for my chapters, which means that at some points of the plot, I'm not in what I think must be the ideal POV for the moment -- and as I keep writing, I continue to discover that I'm entirely wrong, […]