Tag: writing advice

WHAT DOES THE WRITING LIFE REQUIRE? HARD WORK AND PATIENCE.
March 4, 2019

WHAT DOES THE WRITING LIFE REQUIRE? HARD WORK AND PATIENCE.

Nearly eight years ago, I quit my full-time desk job at Duke University to become a writer. I patched together freelance writing and teaching gigs until I published Saffron Cross in fall 2013. How did I do it? Patience, perseverance, and many cheerleaders who kept me …

Bird by Bird
May 5, 2011

Bird by Bird

  Tuesday afternoon I opted for a cup of tea and reading Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, purchased for me by my husband on our most recent used bookstore adventure. I’ve  thumbed through it before (cue the copyright-publisher-acknowledgements dance), but never read it cover to …