I should have written about this a while ago, but I was focused on other things. While this bumper sticker does say something about what I’m spending my summer doing–revising my novel. I’m not necessarily putting anyone I know in the novel, but I couldn’t resist the bumper sticker. I wouldn’t normally put bumper stickers [...]
Archive for June, 2009
The glamorous writing life
Posted in family, life, writing, tagged bumper stickers, fiction, holes in cars, life, novel, writing on June 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Oh Father
Posted in art, family, life, writing, tagged art, family, Father's Day, fathers, fiction, life, writing on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Father’s Day, and I’ve taken a brief pause from my novel revision to reflect on fathers. Ironically, I’m working on a chapter in my book where my protagonist is hanging out with her dad. My book, on some level, deals with the father-daughter relationship since my protagonist, Rosa, only has one sibling–a sister named [...]
The Marathon Smile
Posted in family, life, tagged family, job loss, life, marathon smile, surviving on June 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I was driving home from work one day this week, and I realized that it was time to put on what I’ve referred to throughout my life as the “marathon smile”. I was listening to the National Public Radio, as I normally do–listening to the stories of auto dealers closing, of auto makers going bankrupt, [...]
My maple has been rained on. I have work to do.
Posted in life, tagged characters, creative writing, fiction, life, mfa, MFA Creative Writing, novel, novel in progress, writing on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My maple is full with red leaves and the rains from last night have left drops of water that cling and sparkle from each open leaf. They leaves look like small hands extended, holding something precious. I could look at this all day, but I have work to do. I’m working on my novel Sometimes [...]
