Go away, Harpy!

leonessa is right about the Perfection Harpy.
Perfectionism (and the accompanying self-doubt and self-criticism and fear) is a frightening creature when it comes to novel writing. Of course it does not help that I am by nature, a Perfectionist (and oh I hate it so). The moments when The Harpy of Perfection leave [...]

OCD is good for writing, not good for my feet

I went for a massage earlier this week. I got assigned to a really great masseuse who kneaded away at all the knots in my back and pried my muscles loose. He was not so diligent that I had to do breathing exercises to deal with the pain of the deep tissue massage, [...]