Posted in On Writing, Other Places to Find Me, Startup Mom on Oct 26th, 2009 2 Comments »
I bet you’re wondering what I’ve been up to, lately, amiright? You may recall I did an Ignite talk in April called The Sanity Hacks of a Stay at Home Mom. I love public speaking, and aside from a breakdown or two in the preparatory stage, I had a total blast doing it. Who knew [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, On Writing, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Oct 5th, 2009 3 Comments »
At some point during every major project I take on, I have a nervous breakdown. It comes shortly after I’ve committed, laid my reputation on the line, and pulled on my hip-waders. Take pregnancy, for example. Around the seven month mark is probably a little too late to panic about what kind of Mommy Dearest [...]
Posted in Books, On Writing on Sep 25th, 2009 2 Comments »
I don’t feel like writing. When it comes to my creative process I tend to cycle through a create/consume pattern, and I definitely prefer to consume these days. I just finished Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere – which I highly recommend – and picked up Confessions of a Shopoholic at the library today. What are you reading [...]
Posted in Books, On Writing on Jul 13th, 2009 1 Comment »
As I think about a book I will one day write, I consider what form I want it to take, what shape. How specific do I want the theme to be? Is there an event or experience I can use as the backdrop for a story? For instance, I wrote several essays about various home [...]
Posted in On Writing on Jun 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
Well, I’ve been staring at this computer screen for an hour and a half – typing, then deleting, typing, deleting, typing, read twitter, delete, etc. And you know what? I’m okay with it. I don’t think I was okay with it the first fifteen minutes I sat here, but as time went on I got [...]
Posted in On Writing on May 27th, 2009 No Comments »
I haven’t read a book in over a month. And I haven’t been keeping up with your blog. And I’m trudging through Leviticus. In related news: my creative well is dry. I didn’t realize just HOW much I drew from what I take in, but now I know: if I’m not participating in creation, I [...]
Posted in On Writing, Picture Book, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on May 1st, 2009 2 Comments »
Photo by Randy Stewart – blog.stewtopia.com I had a great time doing The Sanity Hacks of a Stay at Home Mom at Ignite, and was so thrilled by the experience I could do it over and over again. Thanks to Bryan for believing in me, and for convincing me that what I had to say [...]
Posted in On Writing, Other Places to Find Me, Things on Apr 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
This week I’m busy working on my Ignite Seattle presentation called “Sanity Hacks of a Stay at Home Mom.” Mine is one of sixteen presentations of the night – the first eight have been posted here. Topics include Public Library Hacking, Knitting in Code, and The Secret Underground World of Lego. Ignite presentations are 5 [...]
Posted in Everyday, On Writing on Apr 1st, 2009 4 Comments »
Beginning after Spring Break I’ll be teaching a bi-weekly writing workshop in Ruthie’s Kindergarten class. To help get the kids excited about reading and writing, her teacher is telling all the kids a “real writer” is coming. This makes me smile even if it is only six year olds.
Posted in Comfort & Control, On Writing on Mar 12th, 2009 No Comments »
The times, they are a-busy. (Doesn’t that sound poetic? More poetic than, Sorry I haven’t written in awhile?) I have many thoughts brewing and several essays started, but I can’t seem to get my thoughts out just right. And I don’t mean ‘just right’ in the drafting sense of writing, but ‘just right’ in the [...]
Posted in On Writing on Mar 5th, 2009 4 Comments »
I just noticed the stats in my WordPress dashboard this morning, indicating I’ve written 1,000 posts to this blog. 1,000. One Thousand. 1,000 shitty first drafts that didn’t exist several years ago. 1,000 times I sat down to write something, and did. 1,000 times I didn’t freeze while staring at a blank screen. 1,000 times [...]
Posted in Books, On Writing on Feb 24th, 2009 5 Comments »
Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog Find new books and literate friends with Shelfari, the online book club. These are some memoirs (and a couple fiction selections) I’ve read in the last few years – if you hover over the book my review or thoughts will pop up (if I’ve written any). I like [...]
Posted in On Writing on Nov 18th, 2008 2 Comments »
This summer I saw Scott Berkun again at a party. I asked about his latest writing project, and writing in general. As we talked, I felt he was taking me seriously as a writer, and it empowered me. It was a simple conversation, but I was a writer talking to a writer. When I asked [...]
Posted in Bryan, On Writing on Nov 5th, 2008 No Comments »
One of our goals as a family is to spend more time creating and less time consuming. We’ve recently backed that up by prioritizing our schedules to allow more time for us to create – Bryan, in particular, since I always seem to be able to squeeze a little in here and there. Bryan’s newest [...]
Posted in Everyday, On Writing on Oct 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
Wow. It’s Thursday, and my last post was the Friday Link Love. I guess that makes it pretty obvious I haven’t blogged in awhile. My blog locked me out again over the weekend, not accepting my login and password. That’s always frustrating. It left me hanging in mid air with a digital photo of mozzarella [...]
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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