Elly
4 Comments ↓
WOOHOO – was the feeling that wrapped my entire body when I heard my agent Trish say the words I’d been waiting so long to hear, “You’ve got a book deal!” Then I screamed and cried and hugged and cried and hugged and that pattern lasted for quite some time.
…
Elly
4 Comments ↓
Reading my work aloud is like standing in front of a room full of people stark naked. And, at the age of 48, I can assure you that’s not happening. But recently, in Vermont at a retreat with my EMLA agency/ family,
…
Write. Delete. Revise. Write. Delete. Revise. Repeat. Sound familiar? Whether I write with coffee at 6am, when the house quiets at 10pm, or in car line waiting to pick up one of my boys (did this a lot during their middle school and high school years),
…
Meet my 100-year-old inspiration, I call Gram. At her tallest (which is not now) she was 4’10”. Proof that inspiration comes in small packages. Until she was 99 ½, she worked every day. Every day. She put her butt in her desk chair and wrote the newspaper for her condo association.
…
Elly
2 Comments ↓
Working like a dog all day. Revising. Revising. Revising. What’s happening today at your desk? coffee shop? kitchen table?
…
Elly
2 Comments ↓
When does being alone not feel lonely?
Writing, as we know, is a solitary sport. I create, write, edit, revise and begin again, alone in my office with my dog Oscar. Thus, the logical conclusion is that I feel alone.
…
Elly
3 Comments ↓
Be brave. A phrase not often heard, but very much needed as a writer. While I’m never jumping from a plane or balancing on a high wire (actually never ever doing either of those), each time I sit down to write I feel like I’m bearing my soul.
…
Elly
2 Comments ↓
Do you ever feel inside out? Like who you are on the inside doesn’t match who you are on the outside? The way you look or dress or wear your hair, doesn’t seem to match what you feel or who you are.
…
