Skopelos: To Write or Not to Write
I won’t write about my month on Skopelos because if I did,I would have to tell you how lucky I feel to wake up each day to a view of the sea, which is always and never the same, and…
Like the Water
I’m writing at a dressing table placed in front of the open French doors of our bedroom overlooking the Aegean Sea. D is writing under an umbrella on the terrace. I watch him at times, and he looks as though…
The Reality about Writing a Blog
The reality about writing a blog is that it’s not reality-writing. A blog is not an all inclusive diary. It may be a slice of life and it may be all true, yet it’s never the entire truth.
Writing a Blog: Over-Indulgence, Added Bonus, or Something Else?
The narcissism intrinsic to diaries and auto-interviews; the delusional aspect of talking to yourself; the arrogance of conception, realization, publication, thinking you have something valuable to share; the deep-rooted vanity of a so-called struggling author to expose herself, her anxieties,…
It’s All About the Questions
My knuckles, wrists, and knees are bruised. I have cuts and magic marker stains all over my hands. I wake up in the middle of the night, heart pounding, certain that the mover will arrive in one hour and not…
The Masterclass Report
Viet allowed me to share his advice with you all, so here are a few of his pointers in my own words.
