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I’m not known for coming up with the right word at the right time. I think of the right answer or great burn days later, in the shower. I know I’m not alone. As a person who makes her money communicating, at times, I’m not the best communicator. Sigh. I’m a blurter or I clam […]
Read More on the tip of my tongue: let’s talk about booksBut. I’m kind of floored by the plot twists I didn’t see coming and the random couplings that pant in and out of this novel. I want to say that Eleanor Catton is a genius but that word has almost thoroughly lost its meaning. I mean, it’s applied to the most hideous of songsmiths imaginable. Let me just make a list of what she does flawlessly in this book:
Read More Book review: Birnam Woodsome prompts for your pleasure Should you be experiencing some fizzy joy as I have been, cherished reader, that has ideas jostling each other in your head and your wrist aching from transcribing missives from the grooviest muse, you can skip this post. Otherwise, I’ve added some delightful prompts to shake free your fruitful work […]
Read More promptapaloozaReviews of the weather, books and other distractions Winter feels interminable this year. When doesn’t it? AI generated art by me, above. I’ve allowed myself to be a reader, not a reviser. My memoir is languishing, jostling the bits and bytes in my Macbook, sending up summer popsicle smells and unease. Mispellings in my emails […]
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Read More 4 changes writers can make NOWThe beauty of a lumpy, bugeyed tannic elastic species of toad.
Read More CanNibalistic tadpolesDo your fucking homework -your mom Writers are notoriously creative. When we get together and talk about writing, the extroverts among us wax poetic—the introverts (if given a chance, and enough pauses by the chatty extroverts) often have great ideas about improving and augmenting a text in workshop. But more loquacious workshoppers and their quieter […]
Read More Writing workshop etiquetteLearning our craft through community. Finding ourselves inspired by workshops, craft lessons. Writer’s inspiration grows in diverse environments. Lighthouse LitFest 2021.
Read More You write because you mustWhat the Dead Say: A memoir of life after death Excerpt: Paranormal circus Before I could stop myself I said, “Ha! Paranormal circus for you, huh?” to the owner, as she was checking my daughter out. “What?” “No one has said anything about the guy in the back? He doesn’t bug you?” “What guy?” I’d flustered […]
Read More Which witch are you?Letter to my son: What do you hear when you hear the music that changed my life? There was an alcove between the restrooms at a bar called Dizzy Duncan’s in the Morris County Mall. In the alcove, an old cigarette machine squatted mellowly in the thin golden light spilling out of the bar. Adjacent, […]
Read More Assless chapsFind the gold in the pan. Revisioning your work as a writer with care and effect.
Read More Revision: re-envision, discoverWhen you find your voice you find your power. Learn how creating art creates new choices for trauma survivors to express joy and their inner creativity.
Read More Song: Selfish as a Sphinx
Patty Tomsky 