Category Archives: My Writing
Poetry Project Update
My poetry project is doing quite well. I’ve written poems about motherhood using the following fruits and vegetables: pomegranate, broccoli, celery, carrot, banana, onion, plum, tomato, watermelon, cantaloupe, and potato. Eleven poems so far.
Surviving a Borderline Parent
It’s amazing where research can lead you. For my current novel, my protagonist is pregnant and the daughter of a borderline mother. I’ve already added “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” by Heidi Murkoff to my reading list and bookshelves, and “Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, …
Finished another journal
I started writing in journals, at least more regularly, when I started at Bowling Green State University as a freshman. So I’m not surprised that I am starting a sixth notebook after four years. What surprises me is that I started the fifth journal near the end of June this year. It barely lasted six weeks. …
One Year Anniversary!
Well, folks, it’s been one year since I started this blog. Check out the first post here. In that year I’ve graduated from college and changed apartments. I completed NaNoWriMo for the third year in a row, this time with a sprained finger. I finished the second draft of my novel, and I’m working …
New Poetry Project
I ate a pomegranate the other day and wrote a poem. So my new poetry project is going to be about fruits, vegetables, motherhood and mother-daughter relationships.
The Artist’s Way
I’ve started reading “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron. Currently I’m on Week 3 and already seeing improvements. I have written every day for over a year now, but through the course I’m also completing the morning pages, artist’s date, and tasks for the week. Morning pages is a daily task where I write three pages in …
Forming better habits
I’ve been writing every day since January 2011. It is one habit I’m glad I have. On the other hand, I’m still working on forming the habit of reading at least one poem and short story a day. I’ve made progress where I will read at least one, maybe two, a week. So hopefully I …
Post-graduation
I am officially an undergraduate graduate. Since the ceremony, I have slept, ate, and rested like a normal person, and watched several films I’ve never seen before. I have also become addicted to the Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Check out the first episode.
The end of pumpkin bread
I used the last of my pumpkin puree, so no more pumpkin bread until the fall. I finished reading Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” and Matt Bell’s “How They Were Found.” The short story I’ve been thinking about for months is making progress. It’s nice to have something on paper. And there’s a nice short fiction making progress. …
Noodles!
I wrote part of the short story I’ve been meaning to work on for months. Almost finished reading Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral.”
Suzanna and Writing 