A writing friend of mine asked me why productivity and creativity seem so hard right now. I, too, have noticed that many of my most creative friends are feeling blocked. Unsurprisingly, my answer to my friend had to do with the grief process, which I’ve been writing about a lot lately. Since mid-March I’ve been […]
Blog Posts
Social Justice Action Plan
I’ve been thinking nonstop about what I can personally do in response to George Floyd’s murder. Earlier in the week I struggled with the grief, which felt necessary to me, but also prompted guilt over my own privilege, because I had time and space to grieve when so many do not. I feel ashamed that […]
But First, Grief
I had planned to write a post today about the death of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, and the crackdown on protestors this past weekend. In my usual way, I had hoped to find perspective through my own writing, give my readers hope, and prompt action. But I woke up this morning, and I didn’t […]
Book Timeline & Updates
Many of you know that I’ve been writing historical novels for what seems like forever, but haven’t yet published a book. There have been times that I’ve felt less ambitious about it, and times when I doubted my own ability to achieve my publication goals, but overall I’m committed to making it happen. For those […]
Only Now
We are living in a time of Only Now. There is nothing to look forward to, because so much is uncertain. When we look back, everything in our pasts seems so far away, filtered through the dense fog of the pandemic. The pandemic distorts everything, funnels us down into only now. Only this day, only […]
Parenting Advice
Yesterday when I was scrolling through Facebook (always a mistake) I saw a post in a local group from a woman who was worried by her son’s behavior. He was getting all of his homeschool work done, but every other hour of the day, he was playing video games. She said, “I can’t get him […]