memories
I’m Thinking Of…
My friend who lost his dad… He was only 60 years old. An alcoholic, but a good guy. And his mom died years ago. Now my friend doesn’t have *any* parents. What’s that like at 29? I mean, my MOM still has a mother. Yeah, she has Alzheimer’s and is in the hospital right now. But [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Misspent Youth
When I was younger, I got in a lot of trouble. As a very little kid, I had trouble with my emotions. I would get really, really upset and angry and lash out at people—family, friends, teachers. I llwould, essentially, “flip out.”
As I got older, I learned to stifle my outbursts a bit, [...]
Really?
I read a blog post* yesterday that said in order to determine whether a story is good enough to sell (it was a post about freelance writing) you simply have to guage people’s reactions to it when you tell them. If they say “Really?” it’s something that might be publishable/useable.
I wish I had saved that link [...]
It Happened to Me: I was a witness
There used to be a column in Jane magazine called “It Happened to Me.” In it, a Jane “reader” would write an article about something that happened to them: cancer survivors, cult members, rape victims, etc. I always really liked that column because it seemed like *everyone* had a more exciting story to tell than [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hindsight
I’m sorta addicted to blogs right now: to reading them, to writing them, to reading about writing about them. You’d think it was 2004 or something. I’m sometimes a little late to the game. During my nightly blog fix, I ran across this post over on Copyblogger:
10 Steps [...]
Smells Like Peaches
I made it to New Orleans about 10:45 last night–yay! After getting our bags, we hailed a cab and were on our way. As I was sitting in the back of an old-school minivan cab (think wood paneling, adjustable can lights), I noticed a familiar smell. I thought it was probably one of those car [...]
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