Posted in On Writing on Jan 6th, 2012 No Comments »
LOVED this quick snippet on writing from Jen Fulwiler on Conversion Diary: Fellow writing nerds, listen up! I’ve stumbled upon something really interesting that you’re going to enjoy pondering: The critical importance of theme. The way I’ve come to see it, the theme of a story is the underlying element of it that transcends the [...]
Posted in Comfort & Control, Everyday, On Writing, Startup Mom on Aug 19th, 2011 2 Comments »
Lately I’ve been experiencing a creative conundrum. You see, I have it made. I’m one of the lucky ones. And no, I’m not talking about my hair. It’s amazing, to be sure, and the world is generally very jealous of my thick and gorgeous mane, but I am talking about my lifestyle. It’s amazing that [...]
Posted in On Writing, Things on Aug 1st, 2011 2 Comments »
These are some of the things I accomplished during the last hour: rearranged the icons on my iPhone sorted and renamed my Google Reader feeds added a few bookmarklets to my bookmarks bar explored Pinterest cleaned my desk listened to the same song on repeat This may not seem like much, but I consider it [...]
Posted in On Writing, Seen, Heard, Said on Apr 27th, 2011 No Comments »
A Portrait of Christ from Jeremy Cowart on Vimeo. This video is around 6 minutes long, but watching it is well worth the time if you have even a jigger of appreciation for art. It’s pretty crazy how I stumbled into writing and producing animated web videos, because while I’m a great writer*, I don’t [...]
Posted in On Writing, Ruthie, Thomas on Jan 21st, 2011 No Comments »
I’m not really sure what I was thinking, signing up for this @postaday thing. While I like writing and feel compelled to do it, I don’t want it taking precedence over things like…I don’t know…sleep. I also don’t want to fill my blog with a bunch of content that’s not really even blogworthy. I often [...]
Posted in On Writing, Thomas on Jan 17th, 2011 4 Comments »
This is Thomas. I believe I had asked him to put the laundry basket back into his room, and he spent about 20 minutes crying about how that was so hard. Or something. After awhile I start tuning out his drama, but I guarantee you it was less about it being hard than it was [...]
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.
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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