Barbara Abercrombie's Blog, page 8
November 2, 2012
On A Personal Note...
R. is having an aortic valve transplant today and happily, and luckily, got chosen for the less invasive procedure. (Which is still in clinical trials.) We're feeling very positive. His photo show opens next week at G2 Gallery in Venice,...
October 31, 2012
Lake Arrowhead Retreat
This was the fifth or sixth writers retreat I've given at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, and each time I learn something new. This time I learned that ten is the perfect number for a retreat. And also...
October 24, 2012
A Quote for Writing Retreats
(writers retreat 2011- ) The 2012 Writers Retreat is this weekend in Lake Arrowhead and I'm excited about working with the writers who are attending. Three days of gorgeous fall weather in the mountains and nothing for them to do...
October 22, 2012
Inspiration: Sandra Cisneros
Sometimes the pieces of life come together in a way that all you can do is say is thank you, thank you. Tomorrow I start teaching "Writing the Healing Story" at UCLA Extension and today running errands I was listening...
October 20, 2012
An Invitation
If you live in Los Angeles, please come to a wine and cheese party for A Year of Writing Dangerously at Diesel Books in Brentwood on November 8th. I'll be reading excerpts from the book and Nelson will be kissing...
October 18, 2012
Beauty and Laughter
My dear student Rabbi Julie Pelc Adler just sent me the above in an email. She and her husband Ami had received a box of his old childhood books from his mother for their soon-to-be-born baby and one of the...
October 13, 2012
pages 10/18/12
If you live in the South Bay of Los Angeles, (or anywhere close) please come to pages bookstore in Manhattan Beach next Thursday, October 18th for a book party for A Year of Writing Dangerously. I'll be reading and signing...
October 6, 2012
Best Writing/Blogging Advice
Here's a link to interesting, valuable advice about writing and blogging from Joyce Carol Oates. She said if she was starting out today she'd write a blog before writing a book. (I agree with her - I found the voice...
October 3, 2012
The Messiness Of It All
Here's something I have to learn over and over when I start something new: I have to be patient with the mess. And I hate this. I want the perfection of the idea in my head to translate immediately to...
September 29, 2012
Warning to Readers
Warning: The Marketing Whore is back at work. Here's the link to a podcast I did for A YEAR OF WRITING DANGEROUSLY with Macha Einbender: http://www.herfuture.com/profiles/blo...- It was great fun talking to Macha, and indeed we sounded like we were...
