I have six months left to live. That’s what my writing career is telling me. (Actually, it’s more like five months now.) It’s an exaggeration, yes, but not a huge one. In September, I’ll be going back to teaching full-time. Writing will no longer be my primary work focus. I am determined to still make […]
Writing
Writer’s Un-Block
I don’t believe in writer’s block. Really, I don’t. But I do believe in bad writing, and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past few days. I’ve started two different posts to publish today, and I don’t think either of them are good enough to finish. And they were book reviews, which aren’t the […]
What’s In A Blog Name?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the theme of my writing here, and what direction I want the blog to take. As recently as last week, I’d decided that since most of what I write about these days involves parenting, I would change the blog name to Parenting…And Other Life Lessons. I even registered the […]
The Reading Of Draft 7
Back in June, I finished draft 7 of my historical novel, Waist. I did one final read-through, sent it off to a few people to read, and then let it “rest” for two months. I’d been working on it steadily since the previous August (with a short break to give birth to Edwin) and I felt like […]
Anniversary Assessment
This week marks the second anniversary of Words From the Sowul. It’s come a long way since the first anniversary last year. I went from a niche book-review blog with a Blogger sub-domain name, to a lifestyle, etc. blog hosted on my own website with my personal domain name and over twice (occasionally three times) […]
Midnight Snack, Part 5
If you missed any previous installments, go back to Words From the Sowul and read from Part 1. Someone was pounding on the door, hard. Someone was calling her name. “Kristy! Kristy, are you in there? Get up!” Kristy tried to open her eyes, but for some reason, her lids felt heavy. They were pink on the […]