Monday, March 8, 2010

Do Writers Need Journals?

Margie and I are both huge believers in journals & journaling. I've always written in big "feel them in your hands" journals. In high school, I filled more than 50 spiral notebooks and sketchbooks with poetry. Take a look. Here's a trip back in the time machine of my journals: Soon I will be standing […]

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Monday, March 1, 2010

Songs as Stories

   This morning @BNBooksClubs tweeted this: Songs as Short Stories – What Songs Do You Think Tell a Great Story? It got me thinking. Doesn't every song tell a story? I'm not talking about the story the songwriter is telling… I'm talking about the story YOU hear when you listen to it. The memories, the […]

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year's Un-Resolutions

I don't really believe in New Year's resolutions. But I read Maggie Stiefvater's resolutions, and I was so inspired that I decided I should have some of my own. I think mine fall into the category of un-resolutions, considering they will likely remain unresloved. Nonetheless, I want them in writing. I'm the kind of person […]

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Show Me What I'm Looking For

I'm in the cave of revisions & it's a dark place. I woke up with song in my head. Does that ever happen to you? It happens to me all the time. Songs are like poetry – the kind of thinking I do best. This song is from Ethan's Playlist, but today it's on mine. […]

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Thursday, August 27, 2009

The Cave of Revisions

This is the Cave of Revisions. Every writer's cave looks a little different, but this is mine. And it's where I've been all summer. But this week was different – this week, I barely came out. What is it like in the cave? That's what my friends want do know. What do you do in […]

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