Author: Jaclyn Paul
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Goals: Fall 2018 Edition
This fall, I’m trying something new. I’m going to share some of my goals for the near future. Sure, I appreciate public accountability, but I also love reading these posts on others’ blogs. Putting my goals under my control I used to set lofty goals. They left me feeling like a failure. While I forget exactly…
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What I’m writing now, & a look back at summer 2018
My writing retreat earlier this summer felt scattered, like I was keeping pace on a larger collection of projects than usual. Turns out, it was of a piece with the entire summer. Life has been busy, and I’ve been okay with that. I may not have settled down with a single big project, but I’ve…
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Writing retreat reflections: July 2018
I spent last week writing in one of my favorite places with one of my oldest friends. As middle-schoolers, we sat in each other’s bedrooms and wrote together. Now, over 20 years later, we meet at my family’s beach bungalow for multi-day writing retreats. This is our time to get away from the stresses of…
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Limitations on writing time: they can be good for us
We writers pine for a day when we can just write. No obligations, no kids interrupting (through a closed door, no less), no deadlines, no nothing. Just us and the blank page. What a privilege that would be, right? Actually, I don’t think so. Don’t get me wrong. I love a solitary writing retreat. I…
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Some thoughts on being a writer who moms full-time
I’m a mom and a writer. Not a mom who writes as a hobby, and not a writer who happens to have a kid. I’ve met people who can’t seem to understand it, but these two identities can (and do) coexist. In fact, I can’t imagine one without the other. When people ask me, “What…