Blogging

Yesterday, I was talking to a new blogger about "finding your voice" and the ability to "put yourself out there."  When I am doing my best writing, it's personal. I am having an honest conversation with myself.  I'm comfortable having "a few flies on the wall", listening in, taking notes, and hopefully, chiming in as…

My friend and one-time writing coach,  Deb Cooperman, recently challenged me to blog about the half-written blog posts that I've let lay fallow, sometimes for over a year. To which I replied on Twitter, "The gauntlet has been thrown down!"  Photo by Sean MacEntee So this is a blog post to stretch my creativity (how…

It's been awhile since I've blogged here. Okay, that's an understatement.  It's been a heckuva long time. Months. (My Gremlin would like me to capitalize that word, underline in red and highlight in bright pink.  I'm ignoring him.) I had a pile on my desk, now moved to another part of my office because it's…

Every Sunday night, I re-connect with interesting women, talking about what they are most passionate about. No, it's not a book club.  It's a "hold me accountable to blog" club. It started off as a way for a friend and I to help each other get into a once a week blogging routine, as life…

Last week, I published my 500th post. I’m struck by how large this number sounds and by how the journey was not about overwhelm, but enjoying every moment. 500 times of sitting down at my laptop, writing about something that mattered to me.  500 times of feeling the satisfaction of articulating whatever is rolling around…