Tag: writing
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Edwidge Danticat: Everything Inside
I really wanted to have a list of amazing things to say about this short story collection. I really have enjoyed all of Danticat’s work that I’ve read thus far, but nothing really stood out to me in this one. Unlike Roxane Gay’s Ayiti where I was caught up in almost every story, the stories…
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A New Month and Struggling with Self-Doubt
You ever wish there was a pill you could swallow and your whole life would magically morph into what you’ve always imagined it should be? Yea, me too. The thing about our imaginations, though, is that they are never as good as the best possible outcome, so creating the life we imagine is actually quite…
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What Did I Write This Month?
8 blog posts (including this one) 11 journal entries 1 million words worth of work-related cover letters, applications, emails, texts, and notes 1/2 of a short story and a sprinkling of texts to friends and family so they know I’m still alive. This month has been a bit of a challenge mentally, which is ironic…
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Write Anyway
I didn’t think I had anything to say this morning. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been getting my posts done early so I could get other things done around the house, but this week I didn’t know what to write. This morning, though I still didn’t know what I would say, a reminder…
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What is My Writing Process?
Hint: I don’t have one… and that’s what I would like to change. It’s difficult to embrace new habits when your world is shifting. I don’t function at my best when I feel unstable. I work best when I feel secure, so when things change (especially a lot at once) it can be difficult for…
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Not Writing Becomes the Reward of Not Writing
…behavior that gets rewarded tends to get repeated. If you stop writing then you’re kind of rewarding yourself with not writing. -Octavia E. Butler I was half-listening to an old Octavia Butler interview on YouTube when she said the above quote. I had to pause what I was doing and rewind the video to hear…
Christine Gabrièlle 