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Forgiveness, Anxieties, and the Definition of “Enough”…
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”
–Anne Lamott
I recently saw and interview with Anne Lamott wherein she shared her myriad idiosyncracies, neuroses and anxieties.
While she shared many things throughout her hour-long conversation with her host, Dean Nelson, the thread that stuck with me at the end was her ruthless honesty.
At times I wished she would just stop, but had she done so I would have been hurt.
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Deadlines, Hands-On Parenting and Peace of Mind…
The last few weeks have been amazingly busy, torridly scattered.
With the academic year winding down for all three of our children I have had to put my writing on hold and do a lot of hands-on parenting.
I often wonder what writers/authors working on deadlines with publishing contracts, which appear forever to be tightening, do when the needs of their children, that seem perpetual, demand the writer’s attention.
I would hate to feel torn.
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The Writer as Shaman, Ruth Schwartz, and Dank Smelly Snippets…
I spoke with a soul doctor today. No, not a priest or minister, although they attend the soul too, but rather a psychotherapist who specifically works with authors and poets.
This psychotherapist is also a writer. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a B. A. in Women’s Studies.
Yet what actually drew me to Ruth L. Schwartz her advertisement on Facebook that stated, The Writer as Shaman.
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Cell Phone Glitches, “On Writing” and Gratitude…
Yesterday I hosted author, Myne Whitman, on Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters. The original date for our interview was Saturday, May 15, 2010 @ 12 pm PT.
Twelve, noon on Saturdays is the usual time of the broadcast, but on Saturday we have some technical problems. Myne’s cell phone kept going out.
By the time she was able to connect I had logged off. I felt horrible.
I was also worried if she all right. Rarely do I have technical problems that prevent the entire broadcast.
Luckily, I’ve never had any author to blow off an interview. Anytime there’s an interruption something is seriously wrong beyond the guest’s control.
And that is what happened to Myne.
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Manuscripts, Editing, and the Chaos of Writing…
Last week was an absolute blur. It was crazy. My middle child, a junior in high school, was approaching taking her SAT for the first time.
Two semester term papers, each between 12 and 15 pages lay in wait to be edited. As a writer I had to assist in my child in this process. Whatever are mothers for?
I have no idea how parents who hate writing or have no interest in doing it manage to help their children with writing projects.
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Time, Hope and Where Our Hearts Dwell…
Recently it became painfully obvious I have not been spending enough time with our youngest who is eleven.
It’s hard as a writer. And time is our most valuable commodity.
Yet, unlike money, time cannot be regained. I use money in the comparison because of the old American or capitalistic adage of “Time is money, and money is time,” the implication being that time and money hold equal value.
But they do not.
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