What Writing Feels Like
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” This quote, famously, if perhaps erroneously attributed to Earnest Hemingway, resonates with writers, myself included, for a reason. Not to prop up the myth that we must be suffering artists, for whom writing and living a creative life is…
What Writing Looks Like
For the longest time, I believed that writing had to look a certain way. I bought into the narrative that crafting a compelling story was contingent on specific circumstances. I used to think writing had to take place in a local coffee shop, inspired by the background soundtrack of folksy music and hipster chatter. I…
How to Claim Who You Already Are
I did not always want to be a writer. I was not one of those children who carried around a journal full of stories she’d spent every spare moment composing. I have not pursued writing with a focused tenacity, blocking out all else in life. I did not go to school to study the intricacies…
10 Ways I Learned to Love Myself this Year
As the year draws to a close, it’s got me thinking. I’m not particularly a New Year’s Resolution person, but I do think the passing of one year and dawning of another provides an opportunity for assessment. To acknowledge what went well, question what didn’t, let go of what no longer serves, and move forward…
What Parents (and Kids) Really Need this Holiday Season
The store was crowded and hot and we’d been in there far too long. Perched in the shopping cart, my three-year old began yawning, a sure sign his nap time window was passing me by and we were living on borrowed time. Meanwhile, my six-year-old dutifully pushed the cart while I strode through aisles, looking…
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