To have a writing process, one needs to be writing. I kept up as well as I could during the pandemic lockdown amidst all the stress and added work of remote learning for my school-aged children. After the release of Anything That Happens, I shifted my writing energy to marketing. Now that I’m in the […]
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Summer 2021
When I travel or am in the midst of substantial change, I often think of the lyrics, “This time tomorrow, where will we be?” from “This Time Tomorrow” by The Kinks. After a year of Covid hyper-vigilance, I experience a similar kind of transience every day. A simple event–like going out to dinner–is oddly exciting and unfamiliar.
I feel like songwriter Ray Davies when he explains the inspiration for writing the song: “I felt that I’d lost contact with my family. Because I’d been in a pop music bubble for five years, and I didn’t know the people around me anymore. ‘This Time Tomorrow’ was about transience, and an ephemeral world. Clouds, and where do we play tomorrow, and what am I doing as a person tomorrow? It’s a floating song, and I was floating into a different era. Going with the flow for a while, until I work out where I want to be.”
There is no doubt: I am “floating into a different era.” There is a persistent unknown in my day-to-day life. Yet, the unknown provides opportunity. I’m not bound to “what was” and am buoyed by “what could be.” Not what will be.
After all, I do have a say.
On Order
It’s fitting to think about how I put order to Anything That Happens. Since its publication, my daily life has unraveled. I’m scattered, or is it that I’m feeling pulled in different directions. It’s summer. Post(?) pandemic. In my family sphere, there is a lot of movement and growth around me as I remain stationary. […]
On Writing Practice
On Tuesday, March 23rd, I celebrated Anything That Happens with a virtual book launch. (Watch it here.) There were thoughtful, engaging questions from the audience. Due to time constraints, some questions weren’t addressed or didn’t receive thorough answers. For the next handful of blog posts, I’m going to answer these questions in more detail. What […]
