Writing About Your Past With Kindness
Tips for writing about the self: When you write about your past, it matters whether you approach your former self with criticism, or with kindness.
Caring for the Writer’s Body
As writers, we need to care for our bodies. Writing can feel like a very head-centered process, but caring for the writer’s body is an important part of getting words on the page. This principle applies whether or not we type on a computer, hand write, dictate, use technological assistance, or write with other methods. […]
Words for Mothers and Other Nurturers
This past weekend, Mother’s Day brought up any number of emotions for so many of us. Perhaps joy, maybe grief or disappointment, perhaps hope. I led the morning service and gave the sermon at the North Short Unitarian Church outside Chicago, and offered the following words for mothers and the other nurturers in our lives. […]
Digital Humanities as Developmental Editing
Managing a suite of digital humanities projects is a lot like developmental editing, as I’ve found over the past four years as coordinator of a major digital humanities grant. My job was to successfully manage an $800,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, in collaboration with the project director, project archivist, and our faculty fellows (whose […]
Writing in the Daytime
Until recently I’ve had to find time for writing in the margins of my life. But what kind of changes will writing in the daytime bring?
