Tag: writing

  • “I have no words.”

    “I have no words.”

    I’ve never had writer’s block. Sure, there have been times that I didn’t write anything…  sometimes months at a time. Just take a look at the gaping holes in this blog. But that wasn’t writer’s block. That was laziness, a new grandson, distraction, Netflix, procrastination, or (more often than I’d like to admit) an all-consuming…

  • Pondering A Writer’s Life

    Pondering A Writer’s Life

    Having learned of the death of Harper Lee yesterday at the age of 89, I felt compelled to read further about her life and her work. In 1960, this first-time writer published her one and only novel: To Kill a Mockingbird. (Yes, a “sequel,” Go Set a Watchman, came out last year, but it didn’t…

  • A Chip Off the Old (Writer’s) Block

    A Chip Off the Old (Writer’s) Block

    Promises, Promises Apparently the hotly-contested midterm elections had a profound effect on me. It was right around that time that I took my lead from many of the candidates, and made an empty promise of my own.  Two weeks ago, I proclaimed that I would publish two new blog posts each week, and I’ve only…