The 2016 holiday fun list
Time passes whether we think about how we are spending it or not. Since the holidays tend to be relatively busy (or "full" to use …Read More
Category Archives: Creativity
Time makeover: Make art when you can. Relax when you can’t.
About a month ago, I put out a call for reader time logs. Laureen Marchand, a 66-year-old Canadian artist, was among the people to respond. …Read More
Time strategy #5: Leave breathing room
In years of writing about people's schedules, I have learned that we all have different activity tolerances. My inclination in life is more toward "full." …Read More
Time strategy #2: Earn your merit badges
I spent a few years as a Girl Scout. I consider earning badges to be among my more satisfying memories of childhood. While knowledge of, …Read More
Gone in the instant of becoming
While doing some reading on the topic of time yesterday, I came across a quote from William James: "Where is it, this present? It has melted …Read More
The assignment and the follow-up
One of the highlights of third grade at my kids' school is something called "The Wax Museum." The children each choose a historical (or current) …Read More
All castles crumble, but still you build them
One of my Q2 goals is to revise the novel I wrote during National Novel Writing Month. During NaNoWriMo, as they call it, people attempt …Read More
27 hours in Pittsburgh
I flew to Pittsburgh on Wednesday this week in order to give two speeches on Thursday. They both went well, though they had a very …Read More
Revision for 3rd graders and others
I think all writers like talking about our processes. We are perhaps a fragile bunch, and talking about a process implies a seriousness that we …Read More
Finishing ahead of schedule
Distance running and long form writing can both be painful. They can also be fun. So I’m grateful, going into Thanksgiving week, that my two …Read More