by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jan 28, 2014 | Living in Place
In my thirty-year career, I’ve suffered the repetitive stress injuries and muscular-skeletal problems that result from overuse of my hands, poor ergonomics and too much sitting. I’ve developed carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists, tendonitis in both hands, and...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 31, 2013 | Living in Place
My greatest achievement this year has been consistency: I’ve walked out to my studio and written in solitude almost every day, sometimes only for a couple of hours, and sometimes from dawn until dark. This year, I’ve put drafting Ellen ahead of everything, including...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Dec 17, 2013 | Living in Place
If hope is the thing with feathers, then Doubt is the thing with claws. After writing gloriously since August, I’ve come to the end of yet another draft of Ellen, a novel. No sooner did I lay my keyboard aside, then Doubt barged in and started clawing at my...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Nov 19, 2013 | Living in Place
One hundred and fifty years ago, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered his now famous Gettysburg Address, a document remarkable not just because it’s so eloquent, but also because it is so brief. In the interest of responsible writing practices,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Nov 5, 2013 | Living in Place
Last week I had the good fortune to teach a writing workshop at The Writers’ Barn, in Shelburne, Vermont. The barn is just that – a barn, but it’s been renovated into a light, airy space with all the modern amenities for that particular breed: writers....
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Oct 8, 2013 | Living in Place
Last November, I participated in National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. I didn’t write an entire novel in those thirty short days, but I did I add 50,000 words to a novel that was already underway, and that made me a winner. I loved...
