Tag: writing
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Juggling
I am working on a lot of projects, so unfortunately today’s post is nothing more than this note saying that. I have a number of balls in the air I am attempting to juggle in the form of longer-form essays and posts that are taking me longer than initially anticipated. Shooting for Friday’s post to…
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Time Off Achieved
This past week I took my family on vacation. We went to a resort and enjoyed our time there to a great amount. While I was there, I purposely put down my pen and paper — ignoring my writing duties — as we all enjoyed our time together. But like all things, vacations end and…
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To Write (Essays) or Not…
I am working on writing about a tough topic. At about 700 words into it, I’ve barely scratched the surface of what I want to say in the essay. And the writing is slow. In truth, too often in the past I abandon these essays at the point I am at. I run out of…
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Finding That Line
I have a love/hate relationship with rules. While there is a part of me that absolutely strives to have rules in place, there’s another of me that wishes to throw them into a bonfire and dance around them. What it means is that I often have a lot of conflict in how I want to…
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Clearing Out
What have I done? Did I really just do that? “What?” you ask. It’s a reasonable question, given the levity I attributed to the statements above. Realistically, what was done was practically simple and stupid. I unsubscribed to all the writing podcasts I listen to. At first, it seemed like a foolish idea. Even still,…