by Rebecca | Jun 18, 2013 | confessions, deepthoughts, everyone's a critic, Goodreads, mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, preaching to the choir, social media for the shy, this is how we read it
Confession: I’ve resisted joining Goodreads for the longest time. While I’ve long used–and appreciated!–the site to get information about books and read non-editorial reviews, I didn’t want an author account.* The main reason why? The...
by Rebecca | May 28, 2013 | a little rant, Adventures in Bloggysitting, balancing act, confessions, deepthoughts, flexibility, preaching to the choir, revising, twitterpated
This rambling post is one I’d been meaning to write for a while, and then I read Katy Upperman’s fabulous post On Insanity last week,* which made me want to post it even more. One of the hardest things about being a writer is quashing the impulse to...
by Rebecca | Mar 19, 2013 | a little rant, book people, books, deepthoughts, IRL, things that make you go duh, treat this post as evidence of procrastination
I’m currently packing up my apartment. In the process, I’ve determined that books comprise about 40% of what I own. (Sorry, robbers. If you don’t want paperbacks or old T-shirts or shoes with an odd wear pattern because apparently I walk...
by Rebecca | Feb 11, 2013 | deepthoughts, flexibility, nerdiness, revising, slightly incoherent due to revision brain, talking about writing, tina fey continues to be perfect
Over the years I’ve gotten to learn a little bit about sketch comedy and improv because my husband is a long-time performer. I’m always amazed when I watch his shows at how the spontaneous collaboration works. Whenever someone onstage gets an idea rolling,...
by Rebecca | Oct 16, 2012 | confessions, deepthoughts, goals, gratitude, mildly maudlin, mixing metaphors like I'm making muffins, talking about writing, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
Many moons ago, someone gave me a bottle of decent champagne. I think it might have been leftover from a holiday party. I didn’t have an occasion to open it at the time, and I’m not generally fabulous enough to pop a bottle of bubbly for no reason. It was...
by Rebecca | Mar 6, 2012 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, balancing act, deepthoughts, goals, in defense of lazy, off topic, preaching to the choir, schedules, why so many tags for such a short and insubstantial post?
That’s my new motto, at least when it comes to weeknights. I used to try to do a lot in my off-work hours: hit the gym, cook dinner, whip up a blogpost for the next day, catch up on other social media, read, call my fam, and get in some writing time. Sometimes...
