Rogue Ink’s Tei and some of her posters on her latest post about Taking the Leap lamented that jump from preparing to be a writer to actually being one. Ladies and gents, I feel your pain. We all do. We’ve been there. We still visit there once in a while. This post is for you….
Author: lwidmer
Things I Learned on My Vacation
1. You cannot sleep sitting upright on a moving plane. You just can’t. It’s the head-bobbing thing. Unless you have a rubber neck, it’s not happening. And the seats just don’t recline enough. Nap before you leave. 2. They call them pounds for a reason. Just try walking with a pocket full of them. It’s…
I’m Baaaack…
… did ya miss me? 🙂 We landed on American soil late Saturday afternoon. I much prefer the flight home to the flight there – if you can catch a small nap on such a crowded flight (not likely with the row mates I had bouncing in and out, digging under the seats, reaching into…
Your Mid-Year Report Card
Remember those resolutions you made 6 months ago? Remember January 1, 2008? Remember how fresh and new that day, that new year was? Remember feeling like reinventing yourself or your career? So how are you doing with those? Thought I’d forget about them, didn’t you? Not a chance. See, I don’t do resolutions per se….
Miss Me Yet?
Still out on vacation, but I’ll be back on Monday. In fact, my post for Monday was written a week and a half ago – you’ll not want to miss it. Let’s just say it’s a timely reminder that could help reset the career path… Since I bailed out on writing anything in advance for…
Paid for Your Interest
A writer friend and I were recently discussing writing for trades and doing the other-than-average gig, to which I pipe up “I don’t understand how a writer can look at a paying gig and not find a way to get interested in it. Can’t they just find something interesting in the subject matter?” His response:…
Fun While I’m Gone
Got this idea for a little group activity in my absence from Rebecca over at SmithWriting: Your favorite books. Here are some of mine: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (life changing, seriously)The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr (the ballsiest memoir ever – a knockout!)An American Childhood by Annie Dillard (this woman knows…
Friday Link Love
Having a day off work to actually read blogs in their entirety was a luxury! The result: I’ve found some really neat posts that resonated with me. Hope you enjoy them, too. (Don’t hate me too badly – gas prices in the UK are USD$9.20 a gallon, and that’s considered a bargain.) I don’t know…
Time Off? What’s That?
This time tomorrow I’ll have landed in London and hopefully, unlike last time, I’ll have slept on the plane. I’m taking my own pillow and earplugs – if you can’t get comfy with your own pillow, there’s something seriously wrong. It’s time off. Serious time off. A vacation even! I’m usually shaky for about a…
Typos, Grammar Screw-ups, and Other Things that Tick Me Off
I was shopping at the mall with my daughter the other day when we saw it – a t-shirt that had an illustration of a trash can on it and a stick figure tossing something in the general direction of the can. The shirt read: “Put it in it’s place.” There I stood in the…