Happy New Year, everyone! I’m back on the blog, and feeling regretful over recent missed blogging opportunities. Most bloggers do take some sort of hiatus over the holidays, but I’ve realized that this is actually a great time of year for the kind of posts I like to write: reflective, introspective, goal-oriented, habits-conscious. If only December […]
December Book Review
Welcome to the December book review! At the end of each month, I review the books I’ve read. Enjoy! New feature (as of November 2015): At the end of the post, I’ll list the books that I started with high hopes, but did not manage to finish. They weren’t for me, but one reader’s trash is another’s treasure, […]
Re-Post: Dustpans and Broomsticks
Note from Leanne: This is the second part of the Wallaby Family Christmas story collection. (I’m not sure when the third part will show up, but I’ll write it down when it does. Bad writer joke.) It’s the sequel to Sugar and Spice, last week’s post. This is my last post before I take a […]
Re-Post: Sugar and Spice (A Christmas Story)
Note from Leanne: I wrote this story back in December 2011 for a creative writing class I took at Vassar College. I didn’t know it at the time, but as it turned out, I shared Leah’s secret from the story. Life imitating art! I still love the Wallaby women, and I know their story hasn’t yet ended. […]
Hey There, Your Perfectionism Is Showing
I’m making a departure from my usual posts this month, starting with “I Got Knocked Down. Can I Get Up Again?” and continuing with today’s entry. Usually, I start a post with an idea I want to communicate to others: the answer to a question about writing, reading, productivity or perspective. Then I find some […]
Re-Post: How To Edit Like A Musician (and other links)
Note from Leanne: I’m choosing this post as the second in a series of re-posts not for its initial popularity, but because it’s a subject near and dear to my heart: cross-pollination between the practices of music and writing. All creative professions have a lot to learn from each other, and figuring out how my […]