I was considering today what makes a writer. The dictionary definitions are broad: “A person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., esp. as an occupation or profession,” or “a writer is a person who is able to write and has actually written something.” (!) The ancient roots of the …
As I get older, I can choose to think of the years in terms of wrinkles, bigger clothes, number of pills, and my shrinking future, or I can compare myself to all the things for which bigger is better. Last year I was a .44 caliber. 23 years ago, I …
What am I worth? –scratch that– What is the work I do worth?Since I became a feral writer, (an independent contractor, as some like to say), this has become more than a philosophical question.To get paid, I need to know. To find out, I look at this data: What do …
Selling my 1989 Plymouth Sundance. Blue with gray interior, 151,000 miles. Just professionally detailed, which totally got rid of a weird smell in the trunk after my boyfriend used it for a job.Cheap! Make offer!
When you first wake up, try to capture one character from your dreams whom you do not know in waking life. Note what was frightening or irritating about the character. Pretending to be the character, write a personals ad that reveals that trait without the character knowing it.
I read and enjoy a few blogs (Redneck Mother comes immediately to mind), but I have resisted starting my own because I don’t think I have anything to say. Three reasons I’m here anyway: I keep getting asked if I have a blog. My friend Stephanie (who IS funny and …