Five years ago, after only a few months of living in Colorado, I realized I’d been suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, probably since middle school. Growing up in North Dakota, I spent the long, dark, dangerously cold months of winter indoors reading. My asthma was much worse back then, which meant I couldn’t play outside…
It seems there are two types of bloggers—those who focus on words to tell their story, and those who focus on pictures to tell their story. I’m definitely in the first camp. That doesn’t mean I don’t love images, photos, and artwork. I do, very much. I just usually think in words first, and then…
“If you write a doorway, pretty soon, someone you know is going to walk through it into your story.”
My son was joking recently that he is addicted to sleeping (he and his wife have a new baby, which could partly account for this). My husband claimed his “addiction” is running. My reaction was immediate—my addiction is reading. Reading calms and de-stresses me. It takes me away from my worries. I escape them by…
It’s me again, stealing some chat from one of my favorite podcasts, Scriptnotes. The bulk of this came from a listener’s comment during an episode called Halfway There. Caution: if you enjoy the writing process (and all of its myriad steps along the way), then skip this blog. You’ve got better things to do and/or…