by Rebecca | Jun 24, 2013 | audience, BUBBLES!, deepthoughts, ideal readers, IRL, mildly maudlin, preaching to the choir, summertime, talking about writing, treat this post as evidence of procrastination, WIPspiration
I have many writing spots, in my apartment, from the desk to the couch to the kitchen table, and writing spots in other places scattered around the city and back in America’s Dairyland, too. But I also have an inspiration spot, one for daydreaming and...
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 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...
by Rebecca | Dec 6, 2011 | a little rant, heaven aka bookstores, oooh snap, opinioninny, preaching to the choir, trends, watch out I'm getting all verklempt
I don’t care where people buy their books–indies or B&N or Half Price or online or Urban Outfitters or Target or the airport or your neighbor’s stoop–I just like it when people buy books. Yay, books! With one exception: buy it where you...
