It’s been a while since I read Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird. So long, in fact, that when I decided to review it here, I had to pull it down from the shelf to reacquaint myself with it first. Skimming, I noted the chapter names and tried to recall what I had learned from each. […]

I’ve been struggling with focus for a week. Maybe ten days. Okay, my whole life. While becoming a writer has been liberating in many ways, it has also highlighted how much trouble I have sticking to one task for any length of time. Each morning, I arise religiously at 5:30 and put on a pot […]