The Doritos Addiction is fierce. I quit smoking 2 years ago (ah yes, thereby ruining the repose of my “angst ridden writer smoking cigarette while contemplating angst of protagonist with unfulfilled desire and road of challenges and maybe even heartbreak” while healing the cilia in my lungs and extending my lifespan by a [...]
Woo! I have satellite internet at our mountain retreat! (We were previously unwired here–a bane and a boon). I imagine a big tractor beam from the stars to my house–that is how I am connected to the universe! That is how this post is coming to you, bouncing off a [...]
A cloud has settled down over so many of my writer friends these days.
I’m helpless and scared and very concerned about the doubt we writers experience. I’m talking about the doubt of others (”Why is it taking you so long to write your book? Are you still writing it? Have you published [...]
the other thing that cracked me up at a writer’s colony was the whole “logging onto the internet is evil for your writing” bit. somehow, email and blogging were as hated as carbohydrates (actually more hated than carbohydrates, judging from the amount of cookies we ate each day). anyone who got caught “logging on,”had to [...]
I haven’t forgotten the questions posed in my post asking, “What is my personal writing style?” I have dialogues about my taste and style all day long (”Oh, I like those pants…Oh, I like that fabric…Oh, I like that color…Oh, I like that couch…Oh, I like that flatware–Oh, are my thoughts so banal?), and [...]
I wrote a letter to a cousin I had not seen in about twenty years. We’d lost touch for complicated reasons, and only recently did someone relay his whereabouts. He’s here in the U.S.! The letter was short and courteous and curious. How are you we are fine please let me know how you are [...]
From sulz at bloggerdygook:
1. Pick your birth month.
2. Strike out anything that doesn’t apply to you.
3. Bold the ones that best apply to you.
4. Copy to your own blog.
AUGUST: Loves to joke. Attractive. Suave and caring. Brave and fearless. Firm and has leadership qualities. Knows how to console others. Too generous and egoistic. Takes high [...]
I have a wall of bookshelves–and I like to stare at it sometimes. It is immense, it is colorful, it includes Tom Clancy as well as Thomas Pynchon as well as Murakami and Shakespeare and Hornby. There are books I was required to read, books I chose to read, books I’ve yet to [...]
I’m in L.A.–I’ve got to report my celebrity sightings (my past visits have netted visuals on Halle Berry and Daman Wayans and Leah Remini). So far: Emmitt Smith of football fame, and currently star on “Dancing With the Stars”. In our hotel lobby, walking out as we were walking back in with [...]
I’m in LA–sequestered in my hotel room now, reveling in the free wifi and keeping one eye on my dogs who are still investigating every square inch of carpet, bed, upholstery, etc., etc. (Tell me, dogs, what do you smell? Should I avoid that patch of the carpet?)
Earlier, I wrote about the pratfall [...]
Okay.
One of the first things I do each morning is check the blogs of my friends and acquaintances (well, the ones who provide a proper RSS feed and whose blogs show up on my bloglines). How the hell are they doing? Are they sad? Are they curious? Are they angry? [...]
I got an email yesterday from my brother with the subject header, “Dad.”
It did not forebode well–my father is over seventy years old and I can’t help but think that any big news about him has to be bad. Before I double-clicked on the email that said “Dad,” I thought, “Worst case scenario: Dad’s [...]
