“I get to write tonight, ladies!” After I sent that text (and the appropriate corresponding gif, of course) to three of my amazing fellow writer moms, I got to thinking about the word get. That’s when it hit me: I GET to write! This is a privilege; not a right. Not...
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like I’m walking through life on a narrow path between towering mountains of dirty dishes and clothes, unpaid bills, messy floors and to-do lists longer than the Amazon River. Plus, there’s the...
As I type this post, I’m looking out the window at one of the very few mild days we get in Southeast Louisiana. The sun’s shining; the wind’s gently rustling the leaves. It’s the kind of day where you can’t help but feel positive. Of...
I love to write. Always have. Some of my first stories came from a chubby Snoopy pencil. (Anyone else remember those fat pencils that seemed way too big for tiny beginning writers’ hands?) I covered and wrote about my first event before I hit double digits. I...
Writing may be a solitary profession, but writers need support. They need a community (as we examined in a three-part series). The most important person in that community can—and should—be a writer’s Valentine. How and why should a writer’s significant...
If you could have more of any one thing, what would it be? I’m going to guess most of you answered, “Time!” I agree! Do you know what I’ve discovered, though? We can maximize time … and even create more of it! Before you all start...
