How to Organize Your Writing Ideas
This week’s excuse for not making more progress on my book or anyone else’s is that I have my first cold in two years, and staring at words makes my headache worse—which has not prevented me from reading 7,001 things on my phone, but you cannot give up your entire just because of a virus. I’ve spent much of the week on the couch, where my chief activities consist of wiping my nose, refreshing Twitter, thinking about the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to, and—when I feel the need to be really productive—researching what type of winter booties to get for the dog. While there appears to be a strong correlation between how well I can breathe through my nose and how many words I can consume in one sitting, I did get a good start on by Natalie Haynes, which was recommended to me by a friend who knows how much I adored Madeline. considers the Trojan War from the perspective of various women and goddesses, a framework that was always fated to get my money, and I am hoping to finish it before my mythology-obsessed 13-year-old realizes it’s in the house. (We don’t talk enough about how it feels to watch your children grow up right before your eyes and start stealing your reading material.)
