I have blog block. I think I’ve written every single thing I know or ever questioned or thought or didn’t know about writing. There are years and years of posts on this blog of me going on and on about writing and also about houses and my dog and the departed cats and God knows…
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What a Writer Does When Her Head is About to Explode
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 20 Comments
She writes about it. And that’s what this post is about today. The election. I swear the top my head is about to blow off. I know I’m not alone in this, and so many great journalists and commentators have been tackling the election mess I didn’t think I needed to add my two…
The Writing Life, Writing a Blog
Lake Arrowhead, Julia Child, My Stoned Dog, & Other Stories
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 2 Comments
The Writing Life, Writing a Blog
WritingTime Is Back
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 9 Comments
“WritingTime” has reappeared thanks to my friend and computer guru Rob Daly. Ten years of posts as well as my entire website vanished over a month ago. Something to do with malware or some form of virus, but all has been restored to cyberspace health and it’s good to be back. Many more posts to…
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The Hardest Post to Write
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 28 Comments
The hardest post of all to write. R. died on February 10th, 2015. Many of you already knew this. I wrote his obituary which was in the L.A. Times on 2/19 and 2/21, and in the N.Y.T. the following Sunday. The best lines came from our friend Tom who wrote to me that R. was…
The Writing Life, Writing a Blog
New Blog! The Intimidated Cook: The Non-Foodies Guide to Cooking for Friends
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 1 Comment
Dear WritingTime Readers, My new blog is launched this week. Here’s the link: www.TheIntimidatedCook.com If you know me you might be thinking that cooking is a hilarious subject for me to write about since I am not a cook, know nothing about it, and up until now did just about anything to stay out of the…
The Writing Life, Writing a Blog
Cleaning Up The Mess
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 0 Comments
The Writing Life, Writing a Blog
Life Gets In The Way
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Inspiration, Writing a Blog
On Fire
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 0 Comments
The Writing Life, Writing a Blog
West Coast Writers
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 0 Comments
Thanks to Laura Hoopes for asking such interesting questions in her interview about A Year of Writing Dangerously. Here's the link to her blog, West Coast Writers and our interview: http://westcoastwriters.blogspot.com/2012/09/barbara-abercrombie-interview-on-year.html And the introduction to her blog: West Coast Writers (by Laura Hoopes) Writing, authors, interviews, writing tips, and writing prompts from the West Coast…