Writing, on the yoga mat.
As I write new chapters of my novel BEACH GLASS, I'm looking at the end a lot. How have my characters changed since the beginning, and how did they get there? This brings to mind something I've heard in writing circles, which is that … [Read more...]
I'm almost at the end of a three-month marathon spent revising a novel. As a palate cleanser, I wrote a short story before I have to move on to revising my novel BEACH GLASS, which will be out next February. I also have to finish reading a friend's cool murder mystery, another friend's short story, … [Read more...]
I'm a basically happy person, but I can still use all the support, and self-helpful hints, I can get. Earlier this year I bought two books that I'm hoping will help me be a better version of myself. (That's all I'm going for - not "fixed," as … [Read more...]
Yogi Cameron is one of my Integral Yoga brothers, as well as being Ellen DeGeneres's yoga teacher. He's been studying yoga and ayurveda for over ten years to help people get healthier; you can see him in action on his show, A Model Guru. YC's new book, The One Plan, is based not on the … [Read more...]
Oh, this one's going to be hard. I love sugar, but I really don't love the way it makes me feel. I shared half a small chocolate cream pie with The Hubbins on New Year's Eve. This doesn't sound so bad, but after a holiday season full of apple pies, apple tarts, cupcakes, chocolate, etc., etc., … [Read more...]
And may all obstacles to your resolutions be removed :) I'll be back later in the week with those resolutions, a guru man with the one plan I need to help me keep them, and another contest with fun stuff to win. Next week, I'll show you how to take a yoga break--at work! Thanks for a beautiful … [Read more...]
I don't usually make New Year's Resolutions; I make Now Year's Resolutions, because who wants to wait until January to start a good habit? As long as it doesn't involve cutting out sugar, I mean. Well, I may have to face that, and equally difficult challenges, when I start Yogi Cameron's One Plan … [Read more...]
I have a friend who measured the depth of his depression by saying, "I knew things were bad when I started wearing sweatpants outside of the house." For him, sweatpants in public was a sartorial cry for help, where for lots of other people that's just daily comfort wear. But what about yoga … [Read more...]
One of the new things you may notice on my revamped site is that there's a whole lotta yoga going on. Why? Yoga has been an important part of my life for the past 23 years. As a writer who sits a lot (I mean a lot a lot), yoga undoes the sit-kinks. It keeps me calm. I even met my husband Nathan … [Read more...]
Most of the time, I'm pretty confident about what I'm doing--bucking conventional so-called wisdom, finding my own path. On a random Thursday, though, I may find myself not quite so sure. Am I doing this right? What am I doing, anyway? Do I have a right to do whatever it is I'm doing? As … [Read more...]
