Dear Reader, The weeks after Harvey has been, let’s say, a crash course in patience. Patience in and with FEMA. Patience in myself and my own healing. Patience in the new normal. Patience. So much of it. And then, without warning, or maybe with some warning, my sister in Cuba dies. She dies after the … Continue reading The Act of Patience in the New Normal
Dear Reader, I wasn't going to write, not anymore. I promised myself that this week. I was prepared to end my love affair with the writing life, not out of frustration but of trauma. My words, they failed me and the energy wasn't there to pursue them. Since Harvey sucker punched Houston, I wasn't interested in … Continue reading The rain, the flood, the trauma
Dear Reader, A week ago, my beloved MacBook died. DIED! I was about to start that day's Rockstar Writers session when the screen died. Everything else was working but the screen said no more. After my hysterics, my second thought was to look at the calendar. Mercury Retrograde was the next week. Then everything made sense. … Continue reading How Mercury Retrograde can help your writing
Dear Reader, I can’t believe I haven’t written this post before now. I was with writer friends recently when we talked about where to submit our work for publication. For some writers, especially for new writers, this is a confusing thing. It used to be that you look at the Writer’s Market and submit a … Continue reading Where to find places to publish your writing
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