Sometimes I feel like an old truck. Out of gas, rusted, and falling apart… and all the parts are out of stock. I’ll be turning 71 in about a week. In my last post, I talked about why I’m writing. Since then, I’ve been asking myself if I have enough time left to write. Is…
I asked myself this question a few weeks ago. I was dealing with a complete writer’s block, compounded by the mental fog that my bout with coronavirus left me with. I found a number of answers, but it took a while to decide which one mattered the most. I started writing in 2016. How that…
Last week, Mary Gillgannon wrote about “Your Writing Home“—how some writers need a comfortable environment to help them focus on their writing, whether that’s a special place in their home or a coffee shop. I have a place like that, but I haven’t been able to use it for the past couple of months. I…
Have you ever run smack into a writer’s block had no idea where your story is going? If you’re a pantser, the answer is probably, ‘Yes!” Even if you’re a plotter, the answer might be, “Yes, but don’t quote me on that.” It happened to me when I was doing NaNoWriMo 2018. My inspiration had…
By Susan Schooleman Ever notice how at the beginning of so many books all the good, sweet, motherly mothers die? The narrator of my short story, And Now a Word from Bambi’s Mother, makes this observation over margaritas in an Italian-Mexican hybrid restaurant. One too many margaritas, it turns out. She ends up dying in…