After years of pressuring myself to create the perfect SMART writing goals, I was pretty proud of myself.
Book Review: Drawing Breath by Gayle Brandeis
The book is organized around the metaphor of the title essay, “Drawing Breath,” which discusses writing and the breath.
The book is organized around the metaphor of the title essay, “Drawing Breath,” which discusses writing and the breath.
Book Review: The Hero of This Book
In the book, we see the unnamed narrator wandering the streets of London following her mother’s death.
In the book, we see the unnamed narrator wandering the streets of London following her mother’s death.
Reading as a Writer: Is Ploughshares a Fit for My Writing?
After reading the three issues, I could see that Ploughshares was a longshot.
After reading the three issues, I could see that Ploughshares was a longshot.
Learning to Be an Advocate for Your Health
Overall, advocacy can be as big as making a change that impacts thousands of people or as simple as telling someone you have migraines.
Overall, advocacy can be as big as making a change that impacts thousands of people or as simple as telling someone you have migraines.
Dressing Up the Baby for Valentine’s Day
My sister, who is 10 years older than me, recently told me a story that really touched me.
My sister, who is 10 years older than me, recently told me a story that really touched me.
When the Long Way Home Leads Down Memory Lane
Visiting a place I’ve been before can play tricks on my memory.
Visiting a place I’ve been before can play tricks on my memory.
Feeding the Creativity Furnace
Keep the ideas coming when you need a push of inspiration.
Keep the ideas coming when you need a push of inspiration.
A Sucker for a Redemption Story
When I look at my own memoir, which is about how I only came to terms with my brain tumor after seeing my dad suffer a stroke, I see this same type of conflict and resolution.
When I look at my own memoir, which is about how I only came to terms with my brain tumor after seeing my dad suffer a stroke, I see this same type of conflict and resolution.
Passion: What You Do Even if No One Notices
I write and write and write with the dream that someday they’ll become something bigger.
I write and write and write with the dream that someday they’ll become something bigger.
Book Review: Self Care
"In the attention economy, thoughtful solutions had so little value." SELF-CARE, LEIGH STEIN
“In the attention economy, thoughtful solutions had so little value.” SELF-CARE, LEIGH STEIN
So Many Ways to Start a Story
Here are three common themes I saw in the opening lines of memoirs.
Here are three common themes I saw in the opening lines of memoirs.
Why Do You Write?
Ask a writer why they write and you’ll get a thousand answers or at least a thousand essays.
Ask a writer why they write and you’ll get a thousand answers or at least a thousand essays.
Review of ‘Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir About Cancer and a Journey’
Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. ~Susan Sontag
Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. ~Susan Sontag
Book Review: ‘Almost a Mother’
Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies talks openly about the way our society is unable to handle the loss of babies.
Love, Loss, and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies talks openly about the way our society is unable to handle the loss of babies.
Five Things You Can Do Now That It’s Spring – Even if You’re Stuck Inside
#1 Enjoy more hours of daylight
#1 Enjoy more hours of daylight