Writing 3 Lessons From a Failed Blog I tried, and failed, to write a blog post about perfectionism this week. After I trashed it, I wrote down what I learned from it. Continue reading Lisa SwanderJuly 3, 2021October 22, 2021
Writing Be Afraid, Share It Anyway I’m about a year in at this point, and I suppose it’s time to tell you that other than these blog posts, I’ve been hoarding my work. Short stories and essays are piling up in my Google Drive like tin Pepsi signs in a Hoosier garage. Continue reading Lisa SwanderJune 25, 2021June 25, 2021
Writing Worlds We Want to See What’s better than a dystopian novel or a disaster movie? A year ago, I would have said nothing. Now I’m leaning more toward hope. Continue reading Lisa SwanderJune 11, 2021June 11, 2021
Encouragement How 2020 Made Me Weird(er) After a year of staying at home, even simple acts of going out in public seem like feats of strength. Continue reading Lisa SwanderJune 4, 2021October 22, 2021
Encouragement Getting Back to Being Bored As a kid, I had fantastic tolerance for boredom. Over the past year, however, my boredom muscles seemed to have atrophied. That’s not good. Continue reading Lisa SwanderMay 21, 2021October 22, 2021
Encouragement Growing, Blogging, and Cringing I found an almost twenty-year-old blog of mine this week, and it is EMBARRASSING. That’s a good thing—it means I’m not finished. Continue reading Lisa SwanderMay 7, 2021October 22, 2021
Encouragement Vitality Deprivation and Me Everybody, I left my house last week. As a matter of fact, I left myContinue reading Lisa SwanderApril 16, 2021October 22, 2021
Alleged Humor I Might Hate Daylight Saving Time More Than You No one likes Daylight Saving Time, but I might hate it a little extra. That’s because I’m from Indiana, where we didn’t observe DST until 2006. Continue reading Lisa SwanderMarch 12, 2021October 22, 2021
Encouragement Diet Riot Well, it’s still February, so we might as well talk about dieting. Continue reading Lisa SwanderFebruary 19, 2021October 22, 2021
Encouragement Beware the Ides of February February is the WOOOOOOOOOOOOORST. Multiply that times two during a pandemic, when we’re cold and lonely and even the sun has phoned it in. Continue reading Lisa SwanderFebruary 12, 2021October 22, 2021
