Writing as Encore Career

Writing as Encore Career

Hey, howdy, the first Wednesday of the month has come ’round again and it’s time to confess one’s writing insecurities with a group of compadres who empathize, advise, and don’t judge: https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com The awesome...
The Road Less Traveled

The Road Less Traveled

We’re two months into 2023, doing this and doing that and trying to keep ourselves tuned in, but not uptight. What about you? For example, Putin’s war on Ukraine has gone on for a year. Soon after the siege began on February 24, 2022, my husband and I...
Process vs. Product

Process vs. Product

Though I’m less insecure than when I joined this group, I choose to remain within its fold. I’m no longer abashed by my lack of credentials, such as the vaunted MFA, nor cowed by the critique received in a group of honest and well-wishing peers. I feel...
Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended

Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended

Enjoy this writerly advice from a famous writer. He dispensed the advice on New Year’s Day. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing...
The Seamless Move from size M to L

The Seamless Move from size M to L

There was a time when I was slim, so skinny that if I stuck my tongue when I turned sideways, I’d look like a zipper. But I was never petite. While I consider myself to be medium height, I never reached the six-foot prediction made the pediatrician, his decision...