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A Moment of Pride

What are you most proud of in your life? This is an interesting question because, for my brain type, pride is fleeting. It is a moment of accomplishment, a “look what I did” butterfly held timidly in cupped hands and that flies away as soon as I release it… and then I move on to the next mountain. I wonder if having pride is something ingrained in childhood, similar to having a good memory. Is pride created by hanging up your child’s artwork? Here’s a patch of honesty — I’m so out of the loop when it comes to pride that I had to look up “what instills pride in…

Sharp Objects: A Child Caught In the Horror of Femininity

Flynn is one of the modern masters of revealing the horrors of the home. Her take on serial killers is one of the best.

Rest and Restoration and Putting Away the Keyboard

You don’t have to read in your genre and you can absolutely make space to daydream about things not connected to your work-in-progress.

Defining (and redefining) Success as a Writer

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? It makes sense to explore success after exploring values. Values are well and good for inspiring actions and guiding choices. But what can I celebrate? What are those little (or big) milestones that I am working towards? It’s also a timely topic because yet again I’ve been talking with my friends in multiple writing groups about how difficult it is for writers to “make it” today. We constantly have to move the goalposts. My friends keep encouraging me to redefine writing as a hobby, but it’s so hard to let go of thinking…

Is there such a thing as a good man?

Finally got a serial killer short story in my series… and it was well worth the wait. Make sure to check out the link to the Drabblecast version.

Goals, Values and.. principles?

Today’s prompt: exploring values and principles in my life and writing.
It was a fun exercise. What values drive your writing, and how do you express them?