Barbara Abercrombie's Blog, page 13
April 23, 2012
What Writers Write About
We write about what we're most interested in, what we're thinking about, what we love, what we obsess on, and what we're doing. I'm sure this is as true for you as it is for me. And on that note...
April 19, 2012
Why Stories Are Precious
Your stories, my stories, everybody's stories are important because whether memoir, personal essays or fiction other peoples stories can shine a light on our own lives. I learn this over and over when I teach. In my new class yesterday,...
April 11, 2012
Chatty Cathy
The difference between writing essays and books and writing a blog is that you can get chatty in a blog. Go off in various directions, ramble along, add details that really don't have a whole lot to do with the...
April 9, 2012
Take the Leap
How scary it can be to start writing. Or to keep writing. Or to go back to writing. But we all have to take the leap, one way or another. I'm warming up to resume work on my book after...
March 19, 2012
Beautiful Sentences
If you didn't read the Sunday Review section in the New York Times yesterday, follow this link to Jhumpa Lahiri's eloquent essay on sentences, "My Life's Sentences". http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/... Here's an excerpt: For surely it is a magical thing for a...
March 9, 2012
Just Say Yes
The post below, "Say Yes To Yourself" is from Patti Digh's blog "37 Days" - http://www.37days.com/ (Thank you, Glenn Court for sending me the link.) I think it really speaks to writers because we need time to write and it's...
March 7, 2012
A Nelson Update
Okay, so this has nothing to do with writing. But for those of you who like to keep up with Nelson, here's what he did today. He had his teeth cleaned. In the above photo he's being held by his...
Some Writing Exercises and A New Class
My next course at UCLA Extension begins April 18th - Wednesdays 10:00 - 2:00 for six weeks. It's for those of you with a memoir or a series of essays in progress. It's an intensive course and at the end...
March 5, 2012
Be Brave
A daughter sends me this picture from New York to share with my essay class. And with all of you. Be brave. Write. It can be that simple.
February 29, 2012
The Marketing Whore Gets Endorsements
And you thought it was all over, that you had arrived, when you finished your book and sold it. No, no - that's just the beginning phase. That's the easy part where you get to sit around in your bedroom...
