Entries from June 2009

June 12, 2009

Finally, A Word Game I Can Love

It’s Scrabble-icious! People always think I should like playing Scrabble. The reasoning goes: “You’re a writer, you were an English literature major in college, you clearly like words, therefore you must like any game that involves playing with them.” And maybe I would like playing Scrabble if it weren’t for those annoying other people who I [...]

June 1, 2009

The Mystery of the Muse

I think I know who she really is From time to time, I get on a writing roll . Words, sentences, paragraphs, pages, chapters come pouring out of me.  It’s like magic, and I can practically see the ultimate book coming together in front of my eyes, almost effortlessly. Those times are heady.  I get cocky, [...]