To waterski on Halloween is heaven and a miracle.
The way I feel when my ski cuts across those wakes and I make the turn again and again leaving mountains of spray at my back is as close to enlightenment as I believe I will get.
Earlier this week, I finished reading both of the books on writing that I had been working my way through for the past few weeks. I should clarify what I mean by "finished." I read all the words in each book once and stared at the author photos on the back about a dozen times.
How do authors do it? Have all this time to write, and then all this time to read too?I get in bed around 11:15 most nights and read for 10 or 15 minutes only. I get so sleepy that I can't do more. I want to read more. I need to read more.
I wrote in an earlier post about "noticing things properly” (insert British accent), and now what I’ve been noticing is that when I experience someone else using their gifts well....