I’m back! I ended up taking an impromptu week-and-a-half hiatus from my blogging and Patreon responsibilities. I hate to fall behind on these things, but I’ll admit it was nice to just not worry about it for a bit. My last couple weeks have been crazy busy–a writers retreat, a friend visiting from out of town, community group meetings, birthing…
Tag: inspiration
Empathy All the Way Down
I just finished listening to Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. It was one of a few audiobooks I borrowed from the library to keep in my car and listen to in increments to try to boost my number of books read this year. I’d been wanting to read it for awhile, but since it was new and…
“with the starlight in her eyes and star-pictures in her heart”
It all started one October day in 2012, when I was ironing clothes in my family’s guest house. Leaves were falling. The hot iron-smell was in the air. And my thoughts were far away. I was pondering myself, my friends, and issues that we dealt with. Certain relationships in my life. Certain topics that had come to the forefront of…
Once Percent Inspiration
You know that saying “Genius is about one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”? It’s like that with writing. Except writers generally don’t perspire. Unless they are scribbling away in mid-summer with broken air conditioning. But the same principle applies. It’s about one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent behind-in-chair-fingers-on-keyboard (or pen in hand, if that’s your thing). But that’s not…