Optimism

April 26, 2009

• WRITER'S BLOCK: ALL WRITING IS PRECIOUS

  Before I understood that ALL writing is precious, I would throw out what I didn't like.  I didn't understand then that what I was really doing was discarding parts of me.  Or maybe I really wanted to throw out those parts, hoping it would mean that they no longer existed. (…)

April 14, 2009

• WRITER'S BLOCK: OVERCOMING STRESS WITH ROUTINE

  Stress is inevitable.  Whether self induced or externally induced, without managing stress we are at its mercy.  In my last post I talked about mindfulness as a way of addressing stress.  You may already have an effective way to handle your stress.  No one way can work best for everyone. (…)

October 17, 2008

• Inner Stability

  The stock market was up so high on Monday (900+ points) that it was looking optimistic.  This did not last long.  We are in a volatile environment.  Up and down.  Who knows for how long the market will be up or for how long it will be down?   This instability means that we are well advised to NOT rely on the stock market for our inner stability. (…)

August 17, 2008

• Writing and Laziness

  Yesterday, I was positively impacted to read in Wild Mind what Natalie Goldberg had to say about "laziness." That it is "…the essential ingredient in writing." (p230) She goes on to say that "After you're cleared from lying around, your desire to write will rise up to the surface like a bubble or an old dead fish. (…)

August 15, 2008

• Intuition in Writing and Life

  I didn't know what to blog about today. I was leaning towards talking about Natalie Goldberg. In particular about her book, Wild Mind which I recently received for my birthday. (…)

August 14, 2008

• Our Real Writing Voice

  I was reading Peter Elbow's Writing with Power last night and was impressed with how he talked about a writer's "real voice." He talked about writing with voice, meaning real voice, as being "… writing into which someone has breathed. (…)

August 13, 2008

• Appreciate and Seize the Opportunity

  Today I was thinking about the "tentativeness" of life. (…)

July 28, 2008

• Females in the Blogosphere

  I read in the Sunday New York Times yesterday that even in the blogosphere, there is a glass ceiling when blogs are used for the purpose of bringing in income. (…)

July 26, 2008

• Writing "Deprived"

  Here I am blogging again. (…)

July 24, 2008

• An Unexpected Turn of Events

  My internet had been down for almost a whole week. I have missed blogging. I realized that I had come to enjoy it, though it's a new activity for me. (…)

• Forgetting To Write

  oday I was journaling and realized that it had been three days since I had last journaled. And, I had not noticed it till I sat down to write today. I could not say that I avoided journaling. (…)

July 17, 2008

• Patience in the Writing Process

  I just finished writing a novel for young adult girls, called (tentatively at least) JULIA: turning 14. I have also completed a first edit. (…)

July 15, 2008

• Being In the Moment

  Today at lunch with a friend, I noticed that an hour and a half had gone by before I looked to see what time it was. I had simply gotten lost in our conversation. (…)

July 3, 2008

• Procrastination Works

  I had been putting off straightening up my work area for days. Papers were piling up, but I just didn't "feel" like doing anything about it. (…)

• Expect the Unexpected

  esterday was my last full day down here in Florida for this particular trip. (…)

July 2, 2008

• Morning Journaling

  This morning I took my own advice from Overcome Writer's Block Easily and I kept writing despite not wanting to write. (…)

July 1, 2008

• Appreciating the Day

  It may sound silly, but when I got up this morning I was keenly aware of enjoying the very little things in my life. Like my 15 year old feline pawing at my nose to get me to wake up and feed her. (…)