writing survey (swiped from newbabel and altered to suit my taste)

Do you call yourself a Writer (capital W) and, if so, when and how did the transformation from being someone who writes to becoming a Writer occur?No. For me, writing is not a capital letter pursuit, and I think that people who capitalize their professions are delusional. A vocation is ( Read more... )

Dude. There's an Apple store at the freaking mall now. Which is where I'm writing this. Fucking amazing. I just saw my first iPod mini in person. i knew they were small, but Cripes! Even compared to my iPod which is no giant, it's just amazingly petite. Right. This isn't an internet cafe. Remove yourself from the pretty G4 PowerBook, Kat. ( Read more... )

To the owner of the black Mercedes ( Read more... )

Five Things I'd Rather Not Admit ( Read more... )

I have been distinctly happy this week. I like being able to see it as I'm living it: usually, I only spot happiness in hindsight ( Read more... )

It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's...
...a poem.

I toss papers aside
frantic in my search
looking under books, emptying bags
trying every margin
anxious for the unborn
poems hiding with my favorite pen.

I have become one of the masses. I am a slave to consumer trends and kitchen gadgets. Yes friends, the rumor is true: Kat bought a George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine. And what's more, it is the microwave oven she has always longed for but never had. Any frothy testimonials you've heard about this ridiculously popular ( Read more... )

Happy birthday misiaI hope this year brings you lots of cuddles with creatures great and small, good loving with your sweetie, and loads of snarky, insightful chapters to send to your editor ( Read more... )

Yee-haw!
I just scored my first paid speaking engagement. I'll be at Earlham College for Religious Emphasis Week in February 2005 doing a lecture, workshop, and hosting some open discussion sessions.

In other news, yesterday I got the fastest reply from a letter (well, email) to an author ever. It was under 18 hours! Julie Peters was very pleased ( Read more... )

I'm flying home from Philly tomorrow. This has been a really marvelous trip, full of loving community, great conversation, and people bursting with Inner Light. I have concluded from this weekend's informal survey that people who are living passionate lives according to their sense of the divine are really sexy. Sadly, at this particular ( Read more... )