Carol's Blog

At yoga, my smart teacher Christina said, “Tension masks sensation.” She was talking about tension within the body, of course. I thought about writing too. If we’re tense we can’t relax into writing from our senses–from those places deep within us, the well, from where we experience the world. We’re shut off if we’re uptight. […]

Nothing like travel to break up routines. I so admire those people who write and exercise no matter where they are–or how disoriented or bad the hangover. I try, in hotels, to use the gym. But I forget my headphones and can’t bear the boredom or I go, but only for one day of a […]

I am not religious but I met yesterday with a woman who decided that for Lent this year–instead of giving up something like chocolate or trashy novels–she was going to write every day. Rather than give up something, deprivation, she was going to add something, enhance her life. Forget the hair shirt, go for the […]

Some of my clients arrive with writing they want to read aloud and discuss; with others we work on edited print-outs. Some show up sheepish. “I didn’t get that rewrite done,” or “I told myself I’d get to the desk but somehow couldn’t this week.” Some show up wanting to write here. I give them […]