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Tag: Writing
Ancient Sayings
One of the great things about blogging is that while people sometimes criticize the ideas in a post, they never criticize the writing. As in, ‘this is really poorly written.’ This is good for me since I have almost no tolerance for criticism about… Continue Reading “Ancient Sayings”
Bend in New Places
If you are a crooked tree, you are crooked but you are still a tree. That you are anomalous is clear. No other tree looks like you and you could not be mistaken for any one of the other thousands of trees in the forest.… Continue Reading “Bend in New Places”
Keep It Moving
Why do people blog? I don’t know why people blog. I know why I blog. I want people to read what I write and have a reaction. The audience is fundamental to me. If there is no audience, I am just keeping a journal. And… Continue Reading “Keep It Moving”
Stop Whining
Writer’s block is a place where people who like sitting around in their Target bathrobes and fuzzy Hello Kitty slippers live while they talk about being bloggers or writers or whatever. It’s an excuse for not delivering the goods, for being so beside oneself… Continue Reading “Stop Whining”
Upgrade
Put away your Two Buck Chuck Wine in a box bottled Expedient pretending to be good enough Bought on sale, cheap, then cheaper Be mindful of sunset’s expectations No rags at the Ritz _______________________ #55/100: 55th in a series of 100 in 100
Spoiled Rotten
The beauty of blogging is twofold. First, there’s no waiting. And second there’s no editing. Both of these turned around and colored with a different crayon become ugly things. Not every piece should see the light of day thirty seconds after it’s written and lack of… Continue Reading “Spoiled Rotten”
What’s Fair Game?
An essay I wrote about a former lover is being published in an anthology called Precipice. In the essay, I use the person’s actual first name because, when I wrote it, no other name seemed a good substitute. And the story I told isn’t… Continue Reading “What’s Fair Game?”
Marcia’s Book Club
Say hello to people holding your book, be surprised they’ve marked passages, talk out loud about words written in the dark, own all the sentences, be glad to be there, say thank you. ______________________ #31/100: 31st in a series of 100 in 100
10 Things I Know on this 4th of July
There can be no sympathy for a blogger trapped by her own boast to write 100 essays in 100 days even if she’s driven to parse her own promise, thinking that 100 essays in 100 days could mean one a day or 2 every… Continue Reading “10 Things I Know on this 4th of July”
My Writing Process Blog Tour
Most of the time, I do what I’m asked. That sounds like I am dim-witted or weak-willed, I don’t think I’m either, nor do I think I’m someone who should opine about my writing process as if I had one. But I will because… Continue Reading “My Writing Process Blog Tour”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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