Author Archives: Theodora Goss

Yesterday afternoon, I suddenly started to get sick. Aching throat, runny nose, that sort of thing. Just a standard virus, but I was supposed to turn in a revised manuscript that day, and suddenly I couldn’t think straight. I had … Continue reading →

Oh no. What happened? Three hours ago, I was feeling fine. And now I’m sitting here shivering, with my throat aching, my nose running. Sick with whatever was going around the family this weekend. I thought I had avoided it, … Continue reading →

All right, I did it. I used Audacity to make a bunch of audio files. If you look at my Poems page now, this is what you’ll see, right at the top of the page: “Ravens” text audio “Fairy Tale” … Continue reading →

Long ago, I decided to celebrate holidays however I wanted. Otherwise, what was the point? It wouldn’t be much of a holiday if I spent it trying to live up to some set of societal expectations, would it? So this … Continue reading →

Last week, I read a book called Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin. About a year ago, I don’t think I would have told you that. It would have implied that I … Continue reading →

Recently, I read an article in The New York Times called “How Writers Build the Brand.” It begins, “As every author knows, writing a book is the easy part these days. It’s when the publication date looms that we have … Continue reading →

I was thinking about the quotations I posted two days ago, and thought I would choose a few to write about. So here are my thoughts on what Chanel said, mostly in the context of writing. “In order to be … Continue reading →