The other day, I ran across a quote from Thomas Edison that really struck a chord with me. He said: “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." This is the attitude that kept him at his work and gave us the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture … Continue reading Still On the Journey
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A Moment of Time
I truly cannot believe that Christmas is a week and a half away. As usual, I’m completely unprepared. During the past few weeks, I’ve thought about the upcoming holidays, what I'm going to get for people, what foods I'm going to prepare… Yet, as it does every year, it snuck up on me. I put … Continue reading A Moment of Time
Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving this year, and as we enter the mondo holiday season, it starts me thinking about all the issues that arise. I know many people have issues with the holidays (as do I). Some people downright hate them, and while I completely understand that, I try not to go … Continue reading Don We Now Our Gay Apparel
On Cock-Eyed Optimism
My friend Jill said I should write about her, so I am. Jill just got a full-time job. So? you ask. Well, it’s like this. She went through a very difficult year of divorcing her partner, inauspiciously selling her home, moving to another state, moving back, discovering that the support of her family that she … Continue reading On Cock-Eyed Optimism
On Exhaustion and Bookstores
So, here’s another Friday. For city employees, it’s a three-day weekend (Monday is Veteran’s Day here in the U.S.). A friend asked me what I was going to do over the weekend and I told her my plans. Then I said, “No matter how long the weekend is, it’s never enough time to do everything … Continue reading On Exhaustion and Bookstores
Halloween!!
Halloween is my favorite holiday. My weekly blog for Women & Words was fortuitously scheduled to go live on Halloween, so I did a Halloween blog. I give a little history of Halloween and offer my very own ghost story. A real one. If you'd like to check that out, it's HERE. One of my favorite … Continue reading Halloween!!
Obeying the Muse
Autumn is in the air now and there’s no mistaking that the summer is over. The leaves are turning, everyone has their Halloween decorations and other fall accoutrement on display, and coffee shops are advertising their pumpkin lattes. We’ve come to the end of another month and I haven’t gotten nearly as far in my … Continue reading Obeying the Muse
California Dreaming
This week I’ve been trying to get back into the swing of working after a fabulous weekend in Palm Springs for the Left Coast Lesbian Conference, also known as LCLC. I got home late Monday evening and had to quickly get my stuff together for work the next day. Tuesday night, I was right back … Continue reading California Dreaming
California, Here I Come!
When this blog posts, I will be in California at the Left Coast Lesbian Conference (LCLC), co-presenting a workshop on editing your manuscript for submission. I will also be doing a reading, and as I reviewed Twice Bitten to see what I wanted to read, I realized that in the short time since I last … Continue reading California, Here I Come!
When Is It Too Much?
I’m going overboard. Well, depends on how you look at it. From a marketing perspective, a writer can never do too much. There’s no such thing. So, with that in mind, I’m setting off again for another writer’s event: The Left Coast Lesbian Conference, LCLC for short. And I will be co-leading a workshop on … Continue reading When Is It Too Much?
R.G. Emanuelle 