One of my favorite writing friends sent me this poem. I don't know who the author is, but it definitely resonates with how I live my life -- friends for all occasions and interests with some fitting the bill for multiple roles, others for only one. It's all good. Girls in My Circle When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of one best friend, And then I started to become a woman. And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up, God would show you the best in many friends. One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man. Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom. Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your >children and their activities. Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be. One friend will say, 'Let's cry together,' Another , 'Let's fight together,' Another , 'Let's walk away together.' One friend will meet your spiritual … [Read more...]
A day of writer’s woes
Yesterday could be called a writer's day of hell. I was so optimistic when it started raring to get going on my to do list, and by the time it was over I felt like I never wanted to write another word again. I started out by sending four emails to people I thought could help me find an agent for my memoir three former teachers and a friend who's published quite a bit. I heard from two of teachers almost immediately. One said she couldn't recommend an agent because the five she's sent her new memoir to have all turned it down. An ominous sign I must say. The second responder who has always been so helpful in the past has gone so far up the food chain in the business of books that he couldn't recommend without a conflict of interest. The other two haven't responded yet. Then I decided to get some poems ready for a chapbook submission. I chose Pudding House recommended by my cousin, Larry. What was intriguing about this group is they accept submissions all the time and usually … [Read more...]
I keep thinking….
I keep thinking about the conversation I had with my friends at book club last night. They are about my age maybe a few years younger and both are professional hard working women one a doctor and one a writer. And both don't want to stop working. In fact, they are looking for future careers if they do retire from their current work. Like me they are afraid if they stop they will fall apart emotionally, intellectually, physically. I know that working every day, getting up to exercise, getting ready for work with the makeup and the hair straightener and the Maxmara suits, then working with hordes of people, and continually making decision after decision keeps me young and with it. It keeps me up not only on the technology involved with my job but with what's going on around me in my town, my state, my country, my world. I listen to the news on the way to work, I read my New Yorker or listen to the news at the gym, I talk to people about music and the movies and what's the best place … [Read more...]
