Tag Archives: writing

The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Written

- November 14, 2015

I haven’t participated in NaNoWriMo since 2012, but I’m still reaping the writing rewards of that one year. My fiction before that NaNoWriMo had been mostly successful. All of my plays were awarded staged readings and most of my short stories got published. Of course, I had only written two plays and three short stories […]

Writers & Exercise

- April 24, 2014

There seems to be some evidence that people sit too much. Well, that’s some low-hanging fruit there, but it’s true and it’s something that we don’t think about. When we’re in the car we don’t think “I’m sitting down”, we think “I’m heading somewhere”. Or something like that. I’m here to tell you that I spent […]

Being Real

- December 18, 2013

I have nothing to say. Inaccurate: I have a lot to say about how I feel about fiction writing, the goals I have for next year, or even the mild bitterness about my ex-husband’s support of those goals. But my immediate urge is to self-censor all that: This is a community blog; no one needs […]

Can’t Let Go

- December 12, 2013

Been awhile since I’ve been here in any regular capacity. It seems, as I expected, that the Cafe has survived quite nicely and even thrived in my absence. For those who don’t know, here’s the short version: I got sick, really sick, and had to take some time to get healthy before I could think […]