This from Chi Running coach Ryan Miller at a recent workshop I attended. It has become my running mantra. Stop fighting the road, says Miller. Instead, let it rush beneath you. (And try to avoid having it smack you square in the face, says me.) As it is for running, so for writing. Stop fighting [...]
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more momentum, less resistance
Posted in Writing on March 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
the kiss of death or the great leap forward?
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged billy bragg, great leap forward, novelist, self-publishing, the blind pig on January 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been told that self-publishing is the kiss of death. If I want to be a real novelist — that is, one who gets paid for her efforts and receives the benefits of partners who help edit, package and publicize her books — I should bury The Blind Pig. I should take it off my [...]
Write the truth
Posted in Writing, tagged Jane Cleland, MIT Endicott House, Training, writing on January 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I just returned from an amazing Aspiring Writer’s weekend at the MIT Endicott House. Jane Cleland, author of the Josie Prescott Mystery Series, hosted a group of 11 writers, a group that ranged from people who had written novels and childrens books to those who’d written but never shared their work to a few who [...]
so what have I done for you lately?
Posted in Writing on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year everyone! It’s been awhile since my last post. Quite awhile. I’m still here. And I’m still writing and working and trying to figure it all out. The book trailer is nearly done. In fact, Eric Joslin (my filmmaker) and I have just made the final editing decisions and I’m expecting to get [...]
it’s time to read Moneyball
Posted in Writing, tagged fiction, Moneyball, nonfiction, writer's block on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not because Brad Pitt is making it into a movie, but because my writing is stalling. I always say, if you have writer’s block, it’s because you don’t know enough. The blank page doesn’t intimidate me. I like to write and I’m not afraid to put down something terrible. I have faith that editing will [...]
showing up
Posted in Writing, tagged creativity, inspiration, novel, writing on August 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Who was it that said 80 percent of success is showing up? Woody Allen, I think. Well, I showed up this morning, yesterday afternoon, and once last week. I’m on a roll! For me, showing up means opening my laptop, firing up Scrivener, and writing. What I notice is that I have to be in [...]
leap and the net will appear, part deux
Posted in Writing on June 24, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I left my job today. About two weeks ago I learned that I had the option to go full-time or to take a layoff. I’d known this was brewing for months, so it was no surprise. In fact, for most of that time I’d been planning on going full-time. You know. The safe road. Security. [...]
enjoy the training
Posted in Publishing, Writing on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This past fall, while I was training for my first marathon, I went to my local running store and bought a new pair of shoes. Mizunos, in case you’re curious. I’d just run my first 16-mile run and was pretty psyched. The guy working there said something that at the time seemed like reasonable advice, [...]
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