Monthly Archives: December 2008

Meeting black authors

Someone from my writing group, uh, the group I was going to when I was writing regularly, linked to a blog, White Readers Meet Black Authors. I checked it out and as a direct result checked out Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks, on CD. So the CD is in my car and I am [...]

Vacation

My son’s school, surprise, surprise, is out until January 5. As a result I have taken this time off of work. Vacations are funny. I have to resist the urge to put so much pressure on the vacation that I stop myself from enjoying myself. I found myself leaning in this direction this morning. Here [...]

Nowhere to hide

I used to write all of the time and as of late, this hasn’t been the case. I’ve been trying to ignore the fact that I haven’t been writing. But, eventually, I have to come face to face with my own…laziness? lack of inspiration? lack of time? something. Today, I opened the file for an [...]