I have been taking writing classes for a while now, and where there once was a vague story line has turned into a memoir and two fiction proposals. I would like to say at least one is outlined, but writing is hard. It takes a lot of discipline and concentration. If you’ve tried it, you […]
Category: Bad Critic
And the Internet Won…
See? It’s already up? However, this morning, just before 8 am EST, just as I clicked the button to start my Class (with a new student), I had no internet. The student was there. I had said “Hello,” and…Crash! It was my fault, Admiral Obvious told me many many times: “You have no internet.” “Your […]
Changes: Personal
Never think you are too old to have big changes happen to you! Ten years ago, I left the teaching assignment and school in which I thought I would stay “forever.” (Insert Big Change) A few weeks ago, I left a second school. (Insert Big Change) Two years ago, I had my personal life turned […]
Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
Natalie’s book is in it’s thirtieth year. I started to read it a long time ago, but she wanted the reader to write, and I wasn’t ready to. Sounds stupid, but that was me. I have pushed back against this force inside of me that is tempered by the Bad Critic, the force that is […]
I'm Not Seeing Pretty Today. 