The other day, I had a minor "The summer is going too fast!" panic moment when a colleague referenced a training coming up in less than three weeks. I hadn't realized that was all I had left before I would be pulled back into the institutional pressures and frustrations that I have so needed to... Continue Reading →
Why I write: Breaking the surface after hiatus under water
I haven't written more than a few sentences in draft form since the public school year started again. Understandable, and to be expected, to be sure. All part of my professional hybrid plan: write in the summer, teach a graduate course for the first eight weeks of the school year while working full-time in a... Continue Reading →
My bloated writing-for-audiences process
When I drafted an article to submit to an academic journal in early summer, I ran out of time. So I decided to take the 6 hours I had before the deadline and do as much as possible and then force myself to submit it, even if that meant what I submitted wasn't going to... Continue Reading →