“The buzz in the street was like the humming of flies.” –Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) I recently reread–no, I didn’t read it again, on my second time through I listened to J.K. Rowling’s crime mystery, The Cuckoo’s Calling, and this first line keeps echoing in my head. I’ve been thinking about first lines, and even writing them down. If you […]
As Robert Vivian said in his book The Dignity of Crumbs: “The strings tying us to each other are everywhere.” This sentiment becomes more obvious when in the presence of birth or death, when all the portals are open. – See more at: http://www.penandbell.com/writing-practice/#sthash.8TlEYC11.dpuf I subscribe to The Pen and the Bell, a website (and […]
The day I posted about my inertia? How it wasn’t some big hairy fear, just inertia that keeps me from my work? Everywhere I looked I found evidence to the contrary. That evening, my last night in my mom’s apartment in Chehalis, I binge watched Criminal Minds, and all three episodes were (of course) about […]
If you’ve ever been at a restaurant with me, you know why this short film from Hallmark hit all my buttons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8kuHtgMV0