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Woolgathering

10.07.2010

I have a bone to pick with Webster. I looked up the definition of woolgathering and found: an indulgence in aimless thought or dreamy imagining. Indulgence? Aimless thought? That’s absurd. There’s nothing aimless about thinking. Especially when thinking, imagining, and musing are such important writers’ tools. In a previous post I talked about finding the time [...]

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Questions, I Get Questions…

04.07.2010

My students ask a lot of questions. One they consistently ask is: How do I find the time to write? Some questions have no definitive answer. This is one of those questions. A lot depends on your life, your family situation, work, etc. Oh, and probably your personality. But I’ve cobbled together a list of [...]

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How Advantageous…

20.03.2010

It’s over 70° today. In March. In New England. This isn’t a usual temperature for New England. In March. Since this serendipitous weather has shown up—I mean, it can be 30° next week. It is New England, after all—I plan to take advantage of it. I’ve been meaning to get to the spring clean-up outside [...]

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Time and Space

14.01.2010

Having the time to write is one thing. But giving yourself space to write is something else. And just as important. I’m not talking about finding your writer’s space, as in a corner of a room where you open up your laptop to work. And I don’t mean setting up an office, either. Eventually where [...]

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