We are in the peak of busy season for my job, so it has been difficult to write creatively in my free time. However, I am excited to share that a personal narrative I wrote in the spring and submitted to a podcast was accepted and just aired this week! The Habit Podcast (Conversations with [...]
Category: Storytelling: Prose and Poetry
Lord of the Sabbath: Published in a Print Journal!
Writing (as with any kind of art) can take a long time, but publishing takes so much longer! I wrote an essay more than two years ago of which I was really proud. The Lord of the Sabbath: How Jesus’ Lordship Offers Rest recounts my experiences developing a practice of Sabbath and what I learned [...]
Short Story Published!
I had a fictional short story published by Heart of Flesh Literary Journal this week! My story, entitled Through the Hedge, can be found here. If you'd like to browse the larger journal or purchase a print copy, you can do so here. I'm staying "on brand" as this story features children, birds, and old [...]
A Bluebird’s Flight and the Omnisentience of God
I wrote this two summers ago, but the bluebirds are back so I'm thinking about it again and wanted to share! My life was consumed this summer by a 12”X6”X6” wooden box. There had been many challenges going on in my personal life which had been pulling for my attention, but I kept looking forward [...]
Working Without Distraction: Writing Retreat
For my personal vacation this year, I went on the Focus Writing Retreat with the Habit. The idea for this retreat was to provide the opportunity for focused time on a writing project, while at the same time providing community and social activities as a group so we wouldn't go crazy (the organizer had some [...]
The Impracticalities of Living in a Shoe
As part of The Habit Membership this month, we've been participating in an online class, reading The Magician's Nephew, discussing writing techniques, and practicing with writing exercises. Last week, the writing exercise was to focus on the subjective experience of characters in a story about which the readers would already know the objective "facts". Enjoy [...]
To All the Lauded, Lonely, Lady Poets
The last few years, I have developed a tradition of writing poetry on Valentine's Day, often to a literary character. A few years ago, I wrote in honor of one of my favorite book characters here. Last year, my thoughts turned from the literary characters to the authors and poets who created them. I found [...]
I’ve Got a Bad Case of Poetry: The Book Arrived!
This past week brought the end product of an anthology that was dreamed up years ago by Bandersnatch Books. I entered in on the project two years ago when they put out a call for submissions of new children's poems. It was eight or nine months before I found out that a poem I submitted [...]
I’m Not Creative: Analyzing Myself as a Writer
A few years ago, my workplace gave me a comprehensive assessment (the Pro-D assessment) based on nine key career values. The assessment ranks the career values against themselves in three areas, mission, competency, and style. I found it extremely accurate and insightful! Recently, I revisited the assessment results, but with my writing work in mind. [...]
What Is This Blog About?
Honestly, I think the answer to that question keeps shifting. When I started this blog almost six years ago, its main purpose was to share my home renovation projects. Then as the renovation work settled, it became more of an outlet for my writing, occasionally fiction or poetry, but most often non-fiction essay or personal [...]
Welcome To The Carriage House 