It feels like Robin Williams got left in a boat without paddles and was found dead on an island before I even heard there was a search and rescue … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: Collections, 8/8/2014
August 8, 2014 · by · 1 Comment
"I have a collection of collections," my daughter said. She didn't want to be pinned down and commit to one. She still goes through phases and her … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: August 1, 2014
August 1, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones is the go-to book on how to free-write, and it, with Bird by Bird and Writing from the Heart are fabulous … [Read more...]
How to Live on Earth When You Were Raised in Hell
July 27, 2014 · by · 14 Comments
The Two Worst Things for Mammals Why We Don't Just Get Over It Already There are times I would wake, after a nightmare so amped on my own … [Read more...]
July 25, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
Today's free-write prompt is this: Write a 3-page letter to half-your-age you! What do you want to share with the younger version of yourself? How … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: 7/25/2014
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Today's free-write prompt is this: Write a 3-page letter to half-your-age you! What do you want to share with this younger version of … [Read more...]
Beach Towel Inspiration or the Free Fun of Free-Writing
July 21, 2014 · by · 2 Comments
I'm sharing a slice of a free-write done last week because I love the way free-writing allows me to make new connections. Often, I choose to write … [Read more...]
Cross Post: Christine Cissy White Becomes Nancy Slonim-Aronie’s Ass’t
July 20, 2014 · by · Leave a Comment
It's an honor to work, part-time, supporting Nancy and the Chilmark Writing Workshop. She is one of the Mothers of Free-Writing along with Natalie … [Read more...]
Free-Write Friday: 7/18/2014
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"My inner life is an inaccessible landscape when I’m not writing, a foreign and unfamiliar place. It doesn’t feel dangerous so much as remote. I don’t … [Read more...]
The Aftermath of Developmental Neglect or Heart Thaw
July 17, 2014 · by · 6 Comments
"There are two points in space," my tenth-grade math teacher said and basically lost me. I was supposed to imagine a line connecting them. … [Read more...]