Best Laid Plans

I had plans for my blog in December. I was actually really excited to talk about how I go about reviewing my past performance in setting new goals, because I think I’ve learned some useful things about that over the years. But apparently, my theme for all of 2024 is that sometimes you have to

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A cat sitting in a box which hides everything below his head.

Things to Get You Through

Any extended project, from writing a book to fighting fascism, needs to be respected as a long-haul effort. You’ve got to take breaks. You’ve got to safeguard your strength. And you’ve got to find joy and hope to keep you going. I’ve collected a couple of things that have helped me, in hopes that one of them might help you, too.

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How I Plan to Survive Election Week

Whooo boy. How’s your anxiety this week? Weirdly, mine’s the lowest it’s been in months. Maybe because there’s really nothing left for me to do. (For the moment – additional activism comes later.) I’ve supported the candidates and causes I care most about. I’ve voted. I’ve encouraged a few other people to vote, and talked

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Guest Post: Kim Aippersbach on Nurturing her Creative Work

I often feel quite adversarial about my writing: the plot doesn’t cooperate; my characters aren’t interesting; my structure is running away from me and I’m chasing hopelessly after calling “inciting incident, come back here this instant!”

If I were, instead, to nurture my idea, feed it, be patient with it, sit still with it: what would that look like? How would that work? Is there a part of my process that is already nurturing, and can I build on that?

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