Twin Peaks: The Return would've been perfect for 2020. Or maybe it would've been the end of me. It's hard to say. Except that I love the way Twin Peaks made me feel--absolutely bewildered and dazed. In real life, I like these feelings a whole lot less. Is this year a dream or a nightmare? …
How does this week find you? Such a complicated question these days. Well perhaps any day ever in the history of time, but it feels especially so right now. But I wish you well in whatever you're going through. Things do get better. And we still have so much to share. Today I thought about …
Continue reading Another Pandemic Evening (Have distant seat and stay a spell.)
I guess I'm finding the new routine. I'm sending out a somewhat simpler version of my newsletter. What's the difference between my newsletter and my blog? I usually write about books I'm reading and other things I want to share. I'll put fiction there I don't put here. This time I actually put the same …
I finished Story-a-Day May! I wrote every single day and ended up with probably 29 stories or scenes I can polish up or use somewhere. And even though I've ended up re-publishing my first novel on my own, that isn't what I want for the rest. Or I don't think it is. My dithering about …
A week or so ago, I read a post by Porter Anderson over at Writer Unboxed about mystique. At the same time, I was reading Amanda Palmer's book The Art of Asking. They are two different ways to live your creative life. Very different ways. Amanda Palmer has stripped naked and let her fans draw …
Continue reading Mystique, Social Media, and Other Distractions
The other day, I finished reading Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. I discovered the author, Caitlin Doughty, around the same time I received my cancer diagnosis. I watched her video about talking to children about death. Now, I had an optimistic outlook on my cancer treatment, but I had to tell my kid, and my …
As I mentioned in another post, I'm reading Austin Kleon's book Show Your Work. A while back, I read his book Steal Like an Artist. I was attracted to his work because he uses text in his art like I do. Anyway, to earn money, I teach. Also, I'm homeschooling my kiddo. If I'm not …
My life is good. I never have enough money, my house needs work, my job requires too much attention, my novel isn't a best seller, and my art needs more of my attention, but I have this incredible luxury of being to make things. I have a desk where I can sit and write or …
The summer season here in the northern hemisphere is winding down. Are you a summer sort of person? I'm not really. I prefer fall, the crisp change in the air (although still a ways off yet in Texas) and the fun of Halloween. How far away from your hometown do you live? Have you left …
I think of something to blog about almost every day. Often I compose most of the post in my head. Then I don't actually post anything. It's like I'm avoiding it for some reason. Sometimes I think I'm just afraid of the Internet. Haven't you read all those stories about harassment and hatefulness? The other …
Marta Pelrine-Bacon 