I have a confession to make. Well, not really. Because it's not something I'm ashamed of, or embarrassed about, and will readily admit to anyone who asks or doesn't. Okay, here goes. I'm addicted to advice columns. God, I love them. I read so many, I could probably be an advice columnist at this point … Continue reading If You Need Some Advice…
Tag: writing
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
There's an inevitable question when another person finds out you are writing/have written a book. "What's your book about?" Ugh. I usually answer shortly, and probably more rudely and sternly than I intend, "I don't talk about it." And for the most part, I don't. Sometimes, if I'm feeling generous, the asker might get the … Continue reading I Don’t Want to Talk About It
A Leisurely Stroll Around the Block
I'm not talking about the block we live on (though it is kind of the block I live on); we would have taken an after-dinner walk in our neighborhood if it weren't so damn hot outside. Eighty-nine degrees at 8:15 p.m., but--as I'm sure you've heard one thousand times--we live in a desert, so it's … Continue reading A Leisurely Stroll Around the Block
A Writer’s List of Writer Feels by Me, a Writer
I am largely an emotionless person. At least, that was mostly true until this year. Man, this year has got me having all the feels, for reasons I don't want to get into here. Suffice it to say, this year is kicking my emotional ass. Writer feels are another story altogether. I have them all … Continue reading A Writer’s List of Writer Feels by Me, a Writer
I’m Totally Stealing That!
For a small employer with around sixty-five people on staff, my organization employs an unusually large number of writers, some of us with books ready to be published, and a couple more who write only as a hobby. We have a novelist (that's me), a memoirist, an essayist, and a poet, and at least one … Continue reading I’m Totally Stealing That!
What Do You Do?
Answering this question is one of the most frustrating parts of adulting (aside from--you know--paying bills, washing and folding laundry, making sure you have clean dishes, grocery shopping, and figuring out what to eat every night for dinner until you're dead). Instead of answering, "I scream at my teenagers, knit soft prosthetics for breast cancer … Continue reading What Do You Do?
The First of Many Lists
I love lists. All kinds of lists. I love making lists, and have been known to make lists of random things I have already done, just so I can cross them off. True story. My love of list-making doesn't, however, extend to the grocery store. I am definitely a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-and-forget-half-the-things-we-need sort of shopper. I love … Continue reading The First of Many Lists
Here We Go!
This is my first post! I kinda wanted it to be spectacular, but I'm getting a definite that-may-be-too-much-to-hope-for vibe. Instead, I'll just tell you where I am and how I got here. Two years ago in April, I finished writing my first novel. Unremarkable, right? People write novels all the time! I wanted to write … Continue reading Here We Go!
Vickie Jarman 