

Jealousy, A Great Book, and Self-Pity
I just read a book called Professor Adorkable by Edie Danford and I thoroughly enjoyed every page. I admit, I’ve never read this author until now but I will definitely be looking at her other works. The way she captures a character’s unique voice and the incredible descriptions were mind-blowing to me. She does an amazing job of “showing, not telling”, something I often struggle with. As I read the story, I admit…I was jealous. Jealous of her writing. Jealous of her effortles


The Writing Blues
I've got the writing blues. It's not really writer's block and it's not that I don't have several stories I could be working on...it's more that I don't feel it. And it's driving me crazy! I want to write. I sit down to write and...nothing. Nothing. The words are in my head. The story is there. But still I don't type. Nothing goes on the page. I'm in this weird funk and I'm not feeling my characters. And yet, I know them so well I want to tell their stories with the respect t