Some days are less joyful.
Bad night’s sleep.
Fifth rainy day in a row.
Whatever.
Every day is not a green screen of Mary Poppins animation where flowers come to life.
Some days are one minute after the next.
And…
Orange
Tangerine
Those little tangerines you’re supposed to put in your kids lunches
Clementines
Who named them?
Some farmer fooling around in the barn.
“Hmm, what would happen if I stuck this branch on this tree?”
When it took, the…
What would happen if the news about rejections, bad sales, crappy reviews was simply that: news?
What if I didn’t make it mean anything?
Like…
I’m a bad writer
I’m not successful
I’m not smart enough
I’m not good enough…
I am beginning the year with an inquiry into joy. Specifically joy in my writing.
Last year, the joy dribbled out of me. Let’s just say some things happened and gradually, writing began to feel like a duty. A have-to.…
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Writing Resources
Because we work by ourselves, writers and illustrators often feel alone. We aren’t but sometimes we need to be reminded of all the great resources around us. Here are a few that I rely on for classes, news and general good thinking:
