Last week I talked whined about my loss of eight hours a day writing time because of a new job I’d taken. (Loving the job, by the way.) My friend is now spending all her time taking care of her 92-year-old mother, and she’s lost most of her uninterrupted writing time. Another friend just took …
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Author: Kathy Weyer
Kathy Weyer is a reformed Human Resource executive and Marriage and Family Therapist. She has worked in several hospices as a grief and bereavement counselor.
The Private Life of a Writer
So, this came screaming across my screen the other day and it made me laugh. Before I started this journey, it’s what I thought writers did. For those of you who don’t know it: No. No, it’s not. I wish, but no. If I could drink coffee all day (OK, I do) and dream stuff …
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Blunders and Boo-Boos
We all make mistakes; it’s the downside of being human. I’ve made more than my share by moving too quickly, not proofreading, not thinking and, yes, just being stupid. I’ve been embarrassed, I’ve embarrassed others, and I’ve learned. And every particular mistake has only been made once. And, thankfully, none of those have made it …
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Writing Is My Prozac
I call it The Beast. As a mental health professional, the death of Robin Williams struck a profound chord. He had it all – fame, money, respect, children, a new marriage. Many people are asking – how could he? We’ll never know what happened in his head, but clearly he saw exiting the world as …
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What We’re Reading: Reviewing the Classics
We at Writeonsisters decided to take on some classics, and attempt to define why they were so revered and have held up so well ever since they were published. It made us think about the definition of art; who exactly defines what a good book is? Sales? Reputation? Does the fact that a book has …
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So Many Books, So Little Time
I love books. The covers, the flypapers, the feel of the paper, the enticement on the book jacket. I can get captured inside of thirty seconds. I used to spend my life in Borders surrounded by books and magazines and literary types in the café that had the world’s best coffee and pastries. I’d …
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Failure Is An Option
Biographies have always fascinated me. I love to read and hear how others become successful, what motivates them, yadda yadda yadda. It’s the human interest part of me that wants to scoop this stuff up, not from People or OK Magazine, or, God forbid, the National Enquirer (not that there’s anything wrong with them), but …
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Keeping Your Mojo
Tomorrow I have the honor of reviewing a new series I read over the weekend. Six books in one weekend. God Bless Amazon and the Kindle Reader. I’d finish one, et voila! Presto-chango, here’s the next one! I fell asleep about halfway through the sixth one last night and, because I can’t stand to have …
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Play Your Hunches
It’s the one lesson I remember from my father, who died when I was young: play your hunches. Three years ago I went to a writing workshop in San Francisco. I had just been forcibly retired and thought I might look into another profession – one that didn’t involve Boards of Directors, staff, agendas, emails …
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What We’re Reading: Women’s Fiction
Women’s fiction is our category this month. Just what is women’s fiction? Literature with women protagonists appear along a continuum of literary fiction to erotica. Quite a spread! Women’s fiction is closer to the literary fiction end but without the self-consciousness and pretension of literary fiction. By the same token, while there may be a love interest in …
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