I twirl the ring on my right hand. I used to study my grandmother’s wedding ring on her left hand, and make wishes on it. These days I wear another ring of hers, and I twirl it when I’m nervous or happy or anything. I twirl it when I need her. And she comes through. When I’m sad, I eat. Most Sunday and Wednesday nights of my childhood were spent at my Nana’s kitchen table with her saying ‘Do you…
The TV show Friends started before I left New York and ended when I’d been in Scotland for quite a long time. It was my constant in that period of transition, and others. It eased some third-culture issues, and won me some friends with my Janice impression. I’d sit and count the references to Long Island, when I missed it. It saw me through the deaths of my grandparents, the dissolving of the family I came over here for, and…
We recently had a family road trip to Edinburgh, which involved Edinbrick; a pretty cool Lego model show, some time at the zoo, and lots of laughs. The laughs, Lego, and family time was much needed. Some other stuff was not. (The product links in this post are Amazon affiliate links, I make a small commission if you make a UK or US purchase through them. Read my disclosure here.) This post is not sponsored by LEGO or Edinbrick. We just…
And so, I got two emails recently. One from a writer friend asking how NaNoWriMo is going, and one from another writer friend about a probably inaccessible writing retreat that promised to unleash my creativity. Well. I got news. My creativity is fine. I don’t need a writing retreat. What I need is a baby-sitter and a drink. And possibly someone to unplug the Netflix. Saying that, check out these 30 ways Netflix can improve your writing. And so, I’m…
And so, I’ve been thinking about giving you guys a peek into my writing process, but I don’t have one. Here’s yet another piece I wrote, a few weeks ago now, about not writing. I’m re-posting it here, because I wrote it, and it’s the truth. July 26th, 2018. The day before yesterday, I stayed up til 1 a.m. to write and hit publish on a piece for the #30Posts30Days challenge. (On Medium. The challenge was started by Frank McKinley.)…
