Last week I got word that another short story of mine will be published in September. This is such great news. This particular story is about the invisibility of motherhood. There is bloodshed. 🙂 Yay! I am reading a lot and writing a lot lately. I’m obsessed with the story “Tenth of December,” by George…
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Good Ancestor Podcast & two takeaways
I’ve been keeping track of the podcasts I’ve been taking in over these past few days as I’ve been re-organizing my media playlists. Especially since George Floyd was murdered, I have been seeking podcasts and hosts and media figures who are BIPOC. I’m really liking Good Ancestor Podcast with Layla F. Saad. I’ve heard two…
A semi-annual re-launch of the blog (and what I’m reading)
There are so many things I want to do on a daily basis. So many things that I don’t fit them in, and then I write and re-write a list of priorities every so many weeks. Today I woke up at 4:30 so that I can get a few things in before the rest of…
I read: Fates and Furies and Stuff Mom Never Told You
Hi kids. August. Both of my kids have birthdays this month. My mother-in-law turns 80 this month, and my parents have their anniversary this month, too. We have several other family birthdays. We also have lots of international family visiting, and man oh man, it’s busy. I started Fates and Furies, by Lauren Groff, a…
I read: Happier At Home and The Secret Library Podcast
Hey there. The week goes on, doesn’t it? Today is only Tuesday. Last week my word count was 2,956. I think I got around four hours of writing done. That’s fine with me. I will continue to do as I do and get done what I get done. I did write up a short article…
I read: The Handmaid’s Tale and The New Yorker: Poetry podcast
Good Monday to you. Illness after illness have kept me from doing a lot of the things I’ve wanted to do these past few weeks and months. We didn’t take the family trip that we were meaning to do last week. I have decided that 2017 has been really hard. Of course, I am endlessly…
I read: The Last Days of Night and Story Grid Podcast
Hi. This week marks the first full week that I am no longer seeing clients. I’m giving myself a grace period of three weeks to figure out the best way to switch between full-time client-facing music therapist (and full-time mother and wife and all that), to full-time freelance writer (and full-time mother and wife and…
I hear: Pod Save America and Ane Brun
Hey. I don’t have anything funny or uplifting to say out the gate. My writer friend asked me to list my “happiness touchstones” and send them to her. I haven’t done it yet, but if I should decide to write them out, the list will contain any activity coupled with “while alone” or “when alone”…
I read: Quiet and On Being, and what else is up today
I think I should start a podcast called “The Introverted Mother” where I spend the 30 minutes of airtime locked in a small, dark closet with headphones on, sitting in silence. I could call it “work,” or “a creative project,” but really I’d be recharging, as they say. Would you listen? My husband has the…
Perhaps I am back at it
Hey. I had a rough few weeks. My husband was out of town, I have two babies, I got sick, etc., etc. But, here I am. Over the weekend I went to the conference “Writing the Novel & Crafting Your Career,” given by The Loft Literary Center. Sure, I haven’t written the novel yet, and…