• Writer's Corner

    When the Words Won’t Come

    I sit at my computer, fiddling with the typeface. I capitalize a word, delete it, and then write it again. I jump onto another website — just for research — and then jump back. There is nothing on my screen but a blank page. Sometimes in art, as in life, there are times when those things that once seemed easy become incredibly difficult. The tasks that once felt like breathing become more like drowning — like sucking in air through a lung full of water. Sometimes writing is hard. And sometimes the words won’t come. This is my deepest fear as a writer — and I’m sure I’m not the…

  • Books,  Elevenses

    3 Books I’m Reading This October

    Our road trip has come to a close, so (hopefully) I should be able to start putting out more Blogtober posts now. Somehow, I’d imagined this road trip as a chance to get lots and lots of writing done, but as I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve been sick pretty much the entire time. Combine that with 5 to 9 hours of driving a day, and I’ve been too exhausted to do much more than squeeze out a few freelance projects. This post is a little late, considering that it is already the 15th of October (oops!), but I thought it would be fun to do a quick round-up…