In Write Your Book in a Flash, Dan Janal writes about how most people who start books never finish them. He says: People hit this wall with almost everything they do–from trying to lose weight to creating impossibly long to-do lists, to saving money for retirement. The people who succeed find a way to persevere when things get tough (or when … Read More
Mindfulness for Writers (or for Anyone)
What does kindness have to do with mindfulness or even with writing? And just what exactly is mindfulness? I’ll answer that second question first. There are many definitions of mindfulness, but the one I like best comes from Kristin Neff: “we hold our experience in balanced awareness, rather than ignoring our pain or exaggerating it.” (You can read my review … Read More
Themes: Mothers and Daughters in Literature and in Life
Many years ago, I read My Mother, My Self by Nancy Friday. This book is an exploration of the mother-daughter relationship. Friday points out how much women mirror our mothers, even when we try to do the opposite. She interviewed many women for the book. In describing the way this mirroring isn’t always obvious she says: “Mother lived in a … Read More
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