Being a Writer – Page 2 – killer puppy tails

Introducing the writing stuffies

As part of my writing practice, I have a few stuffed… well, not ANIMALS. Let’s call them beings. I use them for varying purposes, but those purposes ALL relate to writing. (No, I’m serious. I totally use them for writing.) As an illustration, let me start with the first stuffie I started using for writingContinue reading “Introducing the writing stuffies”

When I don’t have room for a keyboard – PLAISIR.

Let me be open about one of my new addictions. I am currently madly, stupidly in love with cartridge-based fountain pens. It all happened when I was trying to figure out how to write on the train. Okay, that sounds dumb and obvious. Let me rewind a bit. I used to write longhand in middleContinue reading “When I don’t have room for a keyboard – PLAISIR.”

Disrespected Writerly Requirement: A Good Chair

When I write my very first set of acknowledgments for whatever book I publish or release or whatever, I will include a fountain of gratitude for a good goddamn chair. I will praise the manufacturer to high heaven and back. I will do all of this because apparently what I have now is incredibly substandard.Continue reading “Disrespected Writerly Requirement: A Good Chair”