At the end of every year, I like to take some time to think about some of the things that made me happy to accomplish in the previous year. (If I don’t do this, then I get into a sort of rut and start to think that my life is passing before my eyes, so … Continue reading 2025 Reflections
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NaNoWriMo 2025
Friends, welcome to National Novel Writing Month 2025—also fondly known as “NaNoWriMo” among those of us who have a love/hate relationship with it. NaNo is the unofficial month during which writers of all sorts pour every word they've ever come into contact with and can chip out of their brains onto the page in attempts … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2025
I went camping recently.
Yes, I did, and it was really lovely. I have found no better way to get free of life's many entanglements than to go camp in the woods somewhere and hide away from almost all of humanity. I packed up a very tall stack of books and magazines, more notebooks than I could ever reasonably … Continue reading I went camping recently.
Making Time for Writing
Since coming back from finishing some recent work projects, I’ve been staring down the conundrum that every writer wrestles with: how do I make time for writing? Historically, I’ve managed to block out hours throughout the week, sit down at my desk, and throw a lot of words together. It wasn't easy then, but it’s … Continue reading Making Time for Writing