I workshopped my ghost story again last night. The class was pretty evenly split on the whole second person vs. anything but second person and ghost vs. no ghost issue. I’m not sure what to…
Browsing Category Writing
Four things about the Lorrie Moore reading last weekend
She’s funny. Which wasn’t wholly unexpected because her stories are funny. But it was reassuring. She was so funny that my nephew Max, who is going to be 11 in a few weeks, laughed. A…
FTC disclosures, a list
So yeah, the FTC is getting in bloggers’ business and requiring them to reveal when they’re getting free gifts or cash for reviews. First of all, the FTC can blow me. Second of all, what…
A classroom exchange
My new writing class is full of mouthy spitfires. If I only I could tongue kiss each of them, because I love mouthy spitfires (though of a few of them are interrupters which makes me…
Saying it outloud
After Sunday’s OxPod recording, my friend Tony made a crack about how I’m the busiest unemployed person he’s ever heard of. He’s right. Between being Super Aunt Jodi’s daycare service, class at The Loft, and,…
Keeping the faith
You’ll be happy to know that I stopped pouting. Thanks mostly to the lovely Peabo, and partly to the scalping I got at the salon (god, I really hate using that word. It makes me…