Hazards of the Writing Life

Jottings…

To be honest, this could just be a Helen Lowe hazard of the life literaire.

You see, I know I should just have one notebook, preferably a large one, and write down all m’terribly important writerly thoughts in that.

But I don’t.

No, I not only have a variety of notebooks but also loose pages of paper, the backs of envelopes, and/or scraps of paper torn off other envelopes or documents whenever an idea grabs me.

Yet even then what I jot down may not always make much sense later. Part...