Writer, I have an invitation for you. I’ve been spending more time with my girls lately (shoutout to Gloria for all her loveliness and amazing stories) and it has made me realize how much I love to sit down with other writers and ‘talk shop’. Writing is lonely. It’s slow and frustrating, and when you…
Good morning, Writer! Today officially marks the first installment of my twelve-week series, A Writer’s Life. *Trumpets blare, a rooster crows, six ducks quack in excitement.* I am so excited to start this series with you! We are going to explore the writer’s world front to back, start to finish, and I am going to…
Okay, let’s see a show of hands here. Who else watched The Magic School Bus when they were growing up? Anyone? I know I can’t be the only one. That show was one of my favorites. I loved the adventure, the impossibility, the discovery of it all. And I loved Miss Frizzle. She had so…
I went to a play this week. Yesterday, actually. I went to a play yesterday. Sweet letters of the alphabet, is it Monday already? When did that happen? If it is indeed Monday and my brain is not pulling tricks on me, I went to a play yesterday. The annual production of the The Thorn,…
Vacations are wonderful things. Can we all just agree on this one fact? Everyone loves a good vacation. But not everyone has the time—or the money—to take that week off, or buy that plane ticket. Been there? I have. Some months, rest is much easier to fantasize about than it is to actually accomplish. Writer,…
I love audiobooks. So, so much. Really, is there anything better than a good audiobook when you have a thousand mundane tasks to do and no time to read? I don’t think so. Having a story to coax me through the day is a tiny bit of heaven for a hard week, and I took…
A.R. Geiger