Monthly Archives: August 2010

“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.” Robert Frost How wondrously mysterious the creative moment is! This truth leaped out at me at a spare but rich exhibit on Robert Frost. One of events it described was the … Continue reading →

What a treat! I just came back from a moving production of Our Town, compliments of my husband, David, who took Alex and me to dinner and the theatre as an anniversary present. I’d been wanting to go for a … Continue reading →

“The journey is the reward.” Taoist saying What do Mozart and the Beatles have in common besides music? The answer is simple: lots and lots of practice. Yes, we all know that Mozart was gifted at a very young age, … Continue reading →

“When nothing much is happening, that’s exactly when you need to work the hardest.” This advice from a coach of mine sprang to mind when I first picked up a fabulous book by George Leonard called Mastery: The Keys to … Continue reading →

“The practice of any art has certain general requirements, quite regardless of whether we deal with the art of carpentry, medicine, or the art of love.” Erich Fromm Or the art of writing. At first blush, The Art of Loving … Continue reading →

“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”Madeleine L’EngleMadeleine should surely know about inspiration, since she wrote A Wrinkle in Time, a hauntingly beautiful and mysterious children’s classic. For me, her comment is one of those gems of wisdom … Continue reading →

I’ve put in an intense writing session today. By the time I finished, I thought my head would blow off. Ever have that feeling? Well, sometimes when I do, it helps to turn to other writers and see how they … Continue reading →

“Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.” Yogi Berra Love that quote, don’t you? If baseball is ninety percent mental, then so is just about any sport. Take golf. Take Tiger. Once at the top of … Continue reading →

Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing my friend Nancy’s daughter take part in an evening of Shakespeare monologues. Melissa’s performance was lovely and it was a great night out – a welcome break from sitting at my desk! Before … Continue reading →

My playwrighting coach once said that “every play begins in silence.” In the same way, when we come to a fresh page, we enter the land of possibility. Anything can happen! Anything can find its way into the worlds we … Continue reading →