All the writers are at AWP and I’m updating my Pinterest books board

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AWP, blogging, book reviews, books board, Pinterest, sick bed, staying busy

The post title says it all.

I have a sinus infection, so I’m choosing to look at my absence from AWP this year–a year I really wanted to go, because it’s been a while, and because Minneapolis, and because dang I could use a getaway and/or reunion with the lit world–as “there in spirit,” because you’re all probably gonna come home sick, anyway. I have the sick jump on everybody.

Get the visual here: I’m propped up in bed, shivering under a furry leopard print blanket, tissues everywhere, too buzzed on decongestants to nap very long, and trying to think of ways to stay occupied and feel productive without having to think TOO too much. Aha. To Pinterest!

I am not a brand: Blogging to share, and resisting biz words in art

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being unique, blogging, branding, community, mommy blogs, sharing, single moms, single mother bloggers, writing platform

Sometimes the business part of being a writer burns my skin. Photo by Flickr user Derek Garvey (Creative Commons license).

First non-holiday-ish post of 2015 and the (nonexistent) pressure (that I put on myself for no reason) to write an interesting blog post is on.

I am not ashamed to admit to caring a lot about what I write and put out into the world, even in a blog post. Sure, there is a certain in-the-moment-ness to blogging that doesn’t always require polished, fully realized thoughts, and maybe that’s why I’m drawn to it. Plus, I try to write every day, and now blogging counts toward that, so I win! Against myself!

But ok, I still want to write things that people want to read.