Posts

This page contains a list of the blog posts I’ve written by year. It’s a work in progress as I go back and link to older posts. Feel free to browse!

2024

Me and My Thyroid May 29, 2004
Making a Space for Writing March 4, 2024
Bad Books by Good Writers January 22, 2024
Turning Fifty-Five January 8, 2024

2023

Listening to Ben Okri September 28, 2003
Emotional Energy September 10, 2023
An Elegant Woman September 2, 2023
Making a Home in London August 14, 2003
How to Feel Rich June 17, 2023
Living Two Lives June 2, 2023
Finding the Paths May 7, 2023
Work in Progress April 10, 2023
Little Green Pockets February 5,2023
Organizing My Closet January 22, 2023

2022

Budapest at 3 a.m. December 4, 2022
What is a Book? November 20, 2022
Chop Wood, Carry Water November 17, 2022
Addicted to Books September 11, 2022
Morning in the Garden September 5, 2022
The Covid Years June 21, 2022
Living with Ghosts March 12, 2022
Building a Nest February 10, 2022
Living and Dreaming in Budapest January 30, 2022

2021

The Process of Moulting December 26, 2021
Accomplishment Culture December 19, 2021
Get Off Your Phone October 24, 2021
A Noiseless Patient Spider October 6, 2021
A Garden and a Bathtub September 26, 2021
The Apartment in Budapest February 21, 2021

2020

The Isolated Life December 12, 2020
The Edge of Overwhelmed September 22, 2020
Walking on Air September 1, 2020
My Pandemic Garden July 4, 2020
Planting a Garden June 8, 2020
The Fox and the Hedgehog May 24, 2020
Putting My House in Order January 26, 2020
Discovering Women Artists January 20, 2020
Morning in Budapest January 6, 2020

2019

When I Used to Make Things December 30, 2019
Death of a Writing Teacher November 2, 2019
Loving the Work August 10, 2019
Reevaluating Your Values August 4, 2019
Dealing with Burnout July 28, 2019
The Mystery of the Missing Doily July 21, 2019
Maybe Your Scale is Broken April 24, 2019
How to Be Elegant March 3, 2019
Writing as Myself February 23, 2019
Lost in Transition February 19, 2019
Writing Fairy Tales February 10, 2019

2018

Home from the Sea August 28, 2018
The Horns of Elfland May 13, 2018
Love, Home, Work May 5, 2018
The Thrift Store Rules January 28, 2018

2017

What Will You Serve? November 4, 2017
The Problem with Screens October 25, 2017
Living with Grace September 3, 2017
Writing Without a Net August 30, 2017
The Path of Most Resistance June 17, 2017
Trying to Recover June 16, 2017
Writing Girl Monsters April 16, 2017
Template Stories April 9, 2017
Taking It Slow March 12, 2017
Writing in Troubled Times March 7, 2017
The Politics of Narrative Patterns January 19, 2017
Miss Fisher and the Female Gaze January 15, 2017

2016

Learning to Hide December 31, 2016
The Three of Me December 17, 2016
How We Live Now November 27, 2016
Writing Is/As Work October 23, 2016
Me and Edna and May August 9, 2017
Sabotaging Yourself August 1, 2016
Health and Happiness for Writers July 24, 2016
Research for Writers July 4, 2016
The Caretakers June 16, 2016
The Mythic Arts May 22, 2016
Studying Adaptations May 15, 2016
Writing with Density May 7, 2016
Being a Changeling April 30, 2016
Shabby and Chic April 18, 2916
Glamour and the Struggle April 10, 2016
Creating Rituals April 3, 2016
You Lovely People March 28, 2016
The Work of Writing March 13, 2016
Victorian Virtues March 6, 2016
The Overwhelm February 23, 2016
Keeping It Real January 24, 2016
Stasis and Stability January 17, 2016

2015

Guilt and Shame for Writers December 26, 2015