Writing Makes its Own Time
Writing takes up time - obvi - but it also makes time. How, you might wonder?
When I lived in Glen Ridge, NJ, I used to participa... Read More...
Okay, who has a great vacation to talk about this summer? In our first post-COVID restriction summer... who went where? According to NPR, most of us opted for I... Read More...
In the third act of any story - from Wizard of Oz to Star Wars to Harry Potter - there is a spiral. It's just one damn thing after another. The character is in ... Read More...
First the BIG NEWS!
My daughter and I are LINGO contestants on the new CBS show starring RuPaul. 9pm. Wednesday. March 22nd. This coming Wednesday.
Lingo, Wo... Read More...
Amazon doesn't care... not the company, not the algorithm. It's like the football player in high school, who everyone had a crush on, and who loves being popula... Read More...
Happy Easter. Happy Passover.
We are gardening and planning to dye eggs tomorrow when our guests arrive for a nice Spring-y dinner.
I was talking to my si... Read More...
I've been impressed by brevity, of late. We hosted Tiff Holland in our 100 Writing Days of Summer Program, and she was amazing. She writes poetry and flash fict... Read More...
Hi, I'm Julia and I'm a writer. That comes with drama, doubt, fear and even shame. And yet, I still want to write. Makes no sense, right?
From the time of my... Read More...
Sometimes I write and lose track of time. Sometimes I can't get myself to write for months at a time. That's just me. We each have our own writing resistance...... Read More...
A year ago... "Our Reality Broke," as the New York Times put it. COVID was officially labeled a pandemic and by March 16th, we were in "lockdown," in LA. If you... Read More...