something happens next

always. every time.

✒️ writing

  • Pure inspiration

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    Pure inspiration of the best kind: “The trouble with setting goals is that you’re constantly working toward what you used to want.” “I return to the idea of a certain…

  • What does it mean to “be a writer”?

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    I spent this weekend at the Bay Area Book Festival. After a talk by Joan Frank, Dorothy Lazard, and Jane Smiley, I stood in line to have them sign the…

  • The plan

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    This fall. Three months. 12 essays: reflection, advice, productivity, work, family. I may or may not post them here, but I am damn well going to write them.

  • What Am I Doing?

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    Last week my writing group met at P’s new home near the coast. Despite our group being a writing group, none of us has been doing much writing: P just…

  • and

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    And I missed the deadline. Contributing factors include: Timezones – if you’re planning to submit poetry to a magazine in the UK, well, May 29 there doesn’t end at the…

  • #amwriting

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    I’m pulling together 3 poems, a bio, and a cover letter to submit to a magazine I like to read. I’m down to 5 poems, one of which needs massive…