As a writer, even an unpublished undiscovered writer, the thing I'm most frequently asked is "How close are you to be done?" This may from the outside seem like a perfectly reasonable question, but it drives me crazy. Sometimes I want to say, "my book will be done when it's done and only then." But... Continue Reading →
Work
Last year, my parents - who are sainted beings - convinced me to resign from a retail job that I'd held for almost two years in order to focus fully on writing my novel. I was extremely resistant to this idea at first. I don't like to quit. I also don't like to feel as... Continue Reading →
To Read or Not to Read
Reading has always been one of my favorite activities. I wasn't one of those kids who started reading really early in life. My parents would read to me, but I didn't learn to read until kindergarten. It took me a couple years to get the hang of reading, but by the time I reached second... Continue Reading →
Belief
Belief is a difficult subject. It is so personal and individual that I don't much like talking about what I specifically believe in. Truth be told, I don't believe in much. I don't believe life has a greater purpose beyond the continuation of life itself. Individuals give greater meaning to their own lives. They can... Continue Reading →
Resolve
It's the new year. I know I'm a little late coming to the game, but I thought I'd talk a little bit about resolutions. I'm not very good at making resolutions and sticking to them. At least, I'm not very good at the kind of resolutions that require making big changes. If I resolve to... Continue Reading →
Christmas
I've been writing sporadically, lately. It's a difficult time of year for me. I don't come from a religious household and my dad's had to work more than half the Christmas's of my life. This year he worked a double shift on Christmas Day. I don't mind that. When I was little, it meant that... Continue Reading →
Resentment Cookies
'Tis the season for Holiday Parties, Secret Santa, Eggnog, and cookie baking. Now, I love to bake. I like the process, the exactness of it. I suppose you could say that I like the chemistry of it. But this time of year, I hate to bake. I guess you could expand that to say that... Continue Reading →
My Thanks
One of the things about growing up with a father who works in Emergency Medicine is that he's never been guaranteed to get the holidays off. So, we've gotten used to celebrating Thanksgiving on Friday or Saturday or once we even celebrated it an entire week after the official holiday. This year we're celebrating tomorrow.... Continue Reading →
One Third
I began writing the very earliest version of my book when I was fourteen. It started with a dream in which I was Wendy and Peter Pan got me pregnant and I ran away to a magical land and became an immortal queen. None of that original dream features in the current draft of my... Continue Reading →
And That’s a Wrap
Well not quite a wrap. David, our sound engineer still has to do his thing, but we got everything recorded that we wanted to record over the course of seven hours split between two days. There may be one or two songs that we'll record again, but for the most part we're all very happy... Continue Reading →