Writers of the Internet: Go Read This

Amber Sparks writes about the hyper-anxiety social networking can provoke in writers at Big Other. As my dear friend Jennifer says about the pitfalls of Facebook: "Compare and despair."

The comments after the article offer a pretty great conversation, too. I don't know Amber, but after reading this, I'd like to.

P.S. I got my very special rejection T-shirt for Christmas. Boo yah.

Warming up

It's a cold January morning, which I know without having to go outside.
The birds scramble around the near-empty feeders.
I'm drinking hot coffee from an orange mug.
Making plans. Lists.

Listing. Listening to:



"It would be this, it would be this."

I made no resolutions this year, so my January is freed up for hearing this song on repeat. May you enjoy similar small pleasures.