The Writing: What are your completion rituals?
Hi everyone, Teaching this year has given me the gift and insight of how pivotal writing communities are for the uncertainty of our lives. The Writing is not going anywhere, but it is going
‘Why Can’t I Do My Edits?’
Hi everyone, I’m so grateful to each of you who have written, shared, and signed up for paid subscriptions since last weekend. Thank you to each letter writer, whose questions help me clarify
The Writing: Do you have a writing playlist? If so, what do you listen to?
This Sunday, I announced the pre-launch for paid subscriptions of The Reading. My dream for The Writing is to bring community, conversation, and direct access to practical answers on what it means to be
‘I’m Tired of Working So Hard for So Little.’
Hi there. This week, I’m kicking off “pre-orders” for paid subscriptions to The Reading. The experience you’re getting now is what you’ll continue to receive in a subscription after November 15:
The Writing: How do you write when you have "nothing to say?"
Hi everyone, For those of you outside the US, the next thirty days in the US are going to be particularly harrowing. So this week’s question is all about hope: What strategies do
‘Am I Too Old to Emerge?’
Author’s note: Since I started The Reading this summer, I’ve had the joy of giving away the help I wish I had had when I first started writing. Next month, I’m
The Writing: What tools or apps have radically changed (or enhanced!) your writing practice?
Hi everyone, I’ve found that part of the interest with writers’ writing processes will land, too, on the ways that we are able to write, revise, and read depending on our technology of
‘I’m Successful, But I Feel Like a Fraud.’
Your power is uncertainty.
The Writing: What's the most important thing you took away from doing (or not doing) an MFA?
Hi everyone, As mentioned on Sunday, if you’d like to answer one question to help me nail down my next offerings or be on the pilot list for them, please do! The survey
‘When Will I Know That I’m Good Enough?’
Goodness is a pyramid scheme.
