Why I Stopped Blogging: Here’s the long and the short of it
Writing
All or Nothing
I learned long ago that blogging works best when you do it every day. When you post every day, you’re free to try out ideas, to write something silly or clunky or weird in search of that flash of brilliance. Conversely, there’s too much pressure on a blog post when you’re only writing occasionally. I […]
How I Got to Carnegie Hall (Practice, Practice, Practice)
The Call Back in February, I read Read650’s latest submission call and felt as though it had been written just for me. They were looking for stories of resilience and hope, focusing on the arts and the power of creative expression to heal. Even better, the call was for a collaboration with the Carnegie Hall […]
Recipe For Losing Your Voice
How to Lose Your Creative Voice Preheat the environment with a year-long global pandemic. 2. Mix together despair, grief, and self-doubt. 3. Add several dashes of social media. The seasoning will become extra strong if you combine vitriol directed at your profession (teacher), and criticism directed at your identity (mom). Fold in frightening news coverage. […]
Writing Exercises
This past week, with my Art of Flash class over, I started my NaNoWriMo challenge of writing three essays per week. The good news is that I completed my challenge this week. The less-good news is that I’m 99% certain that I didn’t get anything publishable out of it. But that’s okay. It’s a writing […]
Time To Celebrate!
I spent yesterday dancing, laughing, celebrating, and texting gifs of people doing the same. All of this was the catharsis I needed to resolve my memory of election night four years ago. I opened the New York Times app at 2:30 in the morning while nursing my newborn daughter, praying that I could whisper in […]