GOODBYE 2017 AND HAPPY 2018 EVERYONE!!! I feel like this Currently post is a little long-winded, so consider yourselves warned … Currently living/working in: Caretaking Fenton Ranch in northern New Mexico. I have to say, while we love epic snowstorms, not having an ounce of snowfall around these parts has made our caretaking job much…
We all know the feeling. You apply for a job you think is so perfect and are at the mercy of constantly checking an empty inbox. No one wants to see a picture of me staring at my inbox. So I give you Mrs. Gibbles/Gibs/Gibby. I feel like I’ve applied for 25 perfect jobs and…
FYI, if any fellow writers out there need an organized tracker, I downloaded this one from Writer’s Digest. Boy do I miss the days when my fingertips flitted across the keyboard, barely keeping the pace with the electric currents of ideas sparking through my brain. That’s the real magic of writing. You know what’s not magical?…
As I type this, I’m eating Cheerios for breakfast, it is 4 degrees out, and oh, I sent off my book proposal for my Te Araroa travel memoir to the first publisher I am targeting. Book proposal. Oh boy. If I poured my heart and soul into my book, then I poured someone else’s heart…
The last time I worked on my travel memoir was May 30, 2016 and when I left off, I had a grand total of 33,620 words. Drumroll please … I have finished!!!! But wait! Stop the cheering! While it is certainly a big deal that I finished writing the story of our thru hike on…
My month-long writer residency at Elsewhere Studios wrapped up what seems to be ages ago (May 30) and once again I thought I’d give you a long overdue post with some quick and dirty stats. While my book is currently collecting dust, I made major progress during my “artist in residence” program at at Elsewhere…
Well, being I won’t have much of an update about Justin while they hunker down waiting out weather at Camp 3 (14,200 feet) this week, I thought it was time to let you know what I’ve been up to! Since May 5, I have been “hunkered down” in Paonia, CO, where I have been living…
When I was researching writing retreats for my book on Te Araroa, I was completely overwhelmed by the quantity and variety of retreats offered. Some lasted just a weekend. Some lasted longer. Some were local. Some were international. Some included food. Some didn’t. Some included lodging. Some didn’t. Eventually I weeded through the mountain of…
If you’ve been reading this blog for a long time, or if you are my “real-life” friend, you would know I am a writer. I have a degree in English and spent the better part of my traditional career as a medical writer. I do a lot of freelance writing, too, for magazines, blogs, and…