I started this blog (under another name) about nine years and over 200 posts ago… that’s a long time on the internet. In the first
Usually I keep my to-do lists as handwritten scrawls, as marginalia, as a schedule in my calendar, or I remember it. Once I’m in a
On the one hand, much doctoral research is about careful analysis of what is already known, and exact, incremental, logical steps towards newer knowledge. On
While I’m writing the Writing Trouble book, I’m surrounded by some of my favourite texts about writing. None of them have all the answers, but
On this blog, and in programs I’m involved in like Thesis Boot Camp and Shut Up and Write, we frequently recommend just getting out a
‘Binge writing’ is a common term, which I see used globally by people talking about why it’s better to write a small amount every day. But we need a more inclusive way to talk about intense and fulfilling writing time.
When Audre Lorde wrote ‘self-care is warfare’, she declared that when an African-American woman takes care of herself, she fights back against a system that says
Of all the posts I wrote for this blog in the early days, ‘Generative Writing and #shutupandwrite‘ has dated the most. In those days I
Thanks to Anuja Cabraal who asked this question! It’s about 2,500 words of answer, so this is absolutely a Definitive Guide. A few of the
