Reading and the Writing Life
Road Trip Wednesday: Best Book of January
{Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway‘s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. This week’s question: What was the best book you read in January?} First of all, I can’t believe that January is gone, let alone have a “best of” for it. I’ve been [...]
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SciFridays: Machinarium
So, last night, my husband stuck his baby (aka, iPad2) on my lap, and queued up his latest obsession: Machinarium. Now, I like video games as well as the next nerd, but I was really tired from my (looooong) day, and needed what remained of my eyesight to do things like read, and possibly write.* [...]
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Road Trip Wednesday: Jinx–that was MY idea!
Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway’s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question and answer it on our own blogs. This Week’s Topic: What SNI were you psyched to work on, but discovered it was too close to something already done? Wouldn’t you know it, but I felt like this [...]
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Thoughts on a Quiet Morning
I haven’t had a quiet morning like this one in some time. Gonna be honest, I’m enjoying this moment, as I am savoring my morning coffee, which is perfectly smooth today, if I do say so myself. Outside my window, it’s misty and gray. My dear husband is depressed looking at it. He says it’s [...]
Just Finish
I love that moment when the end is in sight. It gives me that second wind that I didn’t know I had. It’s that feeling of sprinting the last 100 yards of a run and believing that I’m almost flying; of pushing that one last set of weights and knowing “I got this;” of seeing [...]
That Moment
I love that moment when my eyes open to a new day. My consciousness is still part of the unhindered world of dreams and imagination, and has not yet encountered the limiting beliefs of the outside world’s version of “reality,” which is just a lump sum of different kinds of excuses. While in bed, before [...]
A Writer’s Guide To A Healthy and Happy Marriage
Five years ago, my husband and I found ourselves faced with the opportunity to own a “fixer-upper” house, with the potential to make a profit if we ever decided to sell it. It looked like an easy decision at first: everyone was buying a home, and, supposedly, a home never loses its value. Yet, instead [...]
Steve Jobs, Remembered
In 2005, Steve Jobs delivered the commencement address to Standford University’s graduating class. This speech was the catalyst that started me on my writing journey. He reminded me that my time is limited. He encouraged me to follow my heart and intuition. He inspired me to dream. At the end of the speech, he wished [...]
A Picture’s Meaning
{So, I decided to start yet another series of posts for the best reasons of all: because this is my blog, and because I can. It’s simply titled, The Magic of Writing—that indefinable, ineffable relationship between the writer and the muse.} A picture’s meaning can express ten thousand words. So, thanks to Rebecca Enzor (and [...]
Eight Years Ago…
…I was here… …doing this… …and this… If you have the chance to marry your best friend, especially on a tropical beach, I highly recommend it. Just sayin’.
I’m Being Interviewed
Fellow #WriteCampaign-er Michael McDuffee is interviewing several writers from the Campaign, and his latest interview is with me! Michael: Liza, you have a very involved and interesting blog. I highly suggest that anyone who hasn’t already done so go check it out. Liza: Thank you so much. Really. I appreciate it, since I blog mainly [...]
Routines
{So, I decided to start yet another series of posts for the best reasons of all: because this is my blog, and because I can. It’s simply titled, The Magic of Writing—that indefinable, ineffable relationship between the writer and the muse.} I probably shouldn’t have titled this post, “Routines” since that implies a certain healthy-ness [...]
