Poetry contains photographs. Old school poetry didn’t interest me much, but when introduced to early twentieth century poets, my world changed. Poems didn’t have to rhyme. Lines could break. You could paint with words or create pictures through the placement of words. In my last blog, I wrote about how we, as writers and teachers,… Continue reading Writing about Goodbye
Category: Life
A Purpose to Write
Writing has dominated my life. Reader: (most sarcastic voice) Becca, I had no idea. I communicate better through writing than when I talk face-to-face because it could depend on which side of my personality I wish expose or hide when I speak with someone. Most of the time, I have little time write my memoir,… Continue reading A Purpose to Write
Don’t Mistake the Artist
Don’t Mistake the Artist Write what is real. Write unabashedly. This makes me a difficult person to whom to be a friend or related. I am an artist first. At some point, artists’ experiences deeply shape our work whether we create from the observer's perspective or personal life. Our relationship with friends, lovers, and others… Continue reading Don’t Mistake the Artist
Writing Memoir Snap Shots
A photo I took in a town forty-five minutes from where I live. Writing a memoir is like taking a good photo. What is the best angle? What snapshot do you want to show? As I taught my students three years ago, a memoir is not like an autobiography. I could not write every detail… Continue reading Writing Memoir Snap Shots
So, You Want to Write a Memoir: Characters
I have this series of titles called: So, You Want to ... Except for one part of a chapter, I don't intend to to use the title. I do have characters who represent real people in my memoir. There are ways to do it and ways not to. 1.If it Bleeds, it Leads Random Reader: But,… Continue reading So, You Want to Write a Memoir: Characters
Take out the Dis-: Do it Anyway
The truth about neurodiveristy ... growing up differently and raising a child with autism and ADHD... via Take out the Dis-: Do it Anyway
Monsters in the Closet
This is something I wrote on my other blog about being a mom and teaching. The struggle is real in teaching right now, and we often get vague ideas as to why. No one is talking about the depth of it. I finally lay my story down in the hopes someone will get something from… Continue reading Monsters in the Closet
Refocus on Mental Illness
I have played with a memoir on and off for five to six years. So much to write: being a parent of a child with autism, family rejection, the non-cliche 32 year age difference between my husband and me, social rejection, being pregnant while working two jobs during graduate school, my career, and postpartum depression. I… Continue reading Refocus on Mental Illness
From Fiction to Prose Poetry
My husband said, to my family's horror, the poet has gone into the cave this week. I didn't grade or check my work email. I let the most essential part of myself, the author, fly free. I love teaching, but so much of myself has to be constrained. It goes with the professional atmosphere, and… Continue reading From Fiction to Prose Poetry
Shifting Focus
I won't always have a lot of time to write, not like when I was in college the first time. It's spring break. Much to my family's terror, the long buried artist has returned to make the claim on time and writing. For so many years, I've pushed down my first love, writing, so… Continue reading Shifting Focus
Corrie's Season 