No Conference? No Problem.
“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” – Steven Wright By now many central Ohio folks have heard that the Columbus Writer’s Conference organizers are taking a
June 2, 2008
No Comments
Self-Sabotage
“No one can tell you when to start and how to stop, either. And only you can put it off until there are no more tomorrows.” – Susan Bono I’m
May 8, 2008
No Comments
Leap!
“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how . . . . We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap
April 8, 2008
No Comments
Leap!
“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how . . . . We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap
April 8, 2008
No Comments
Family Ties
“The one thing all nations share is the fear that a member of the family will want to be an artist.” – Robert Frost My family’s fears have come true.
March 8, 2008
No Comments
Body Double
“If we had to say what writing is, we would define it essentially as an act of courage.” – Cynthia Ozick Even on good days I need little tricks to
February 8, 2008
No Comments
Mom
I’m beside myself with grief. My mother, Sarah Ellen Buddelmeyer, died Sunday, December 30, 2007. My family is in mourning. Please keep us in your thoughts. And please keep writing.
January 3, 2008
No Comments
Go Team!
Go Team! “Anybody can become a writer, but the trick is to stay a writer” – Harlan Ellison One Friday in August,1996, I watched two women sitting across from one
November 3, 2007
No Comments
Pass the Pumpkin Pie
“Action expresses priorities.” – Mahatma Gandhi Anyone remember the back room at Nickelby’s bookstore? I attended a booksigning there one October more than twenty years ago. I hadn’t intended to
October 3, 2007
No Comments
Yakety Yak
“James Blish told me I had the worst case of ‘said bookism’ (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to
September 2, 2007
No Comments