Category Archives: writing

Finding Time

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

My computer has iCal. I’ve carried around a pink-leather Filofax for ten years. The iCal shows more detail and goes farther into the future, but I can’t give up the physical object. Not only do I love the cheerful pink, … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching, writing | Tagged calendars, commute, computer schedules, Filofax, Lindsey Crittenden, routine, scheduling, self-employed work schedule, Siri, smart phones, structure, The Water Will Hold You, time managment, time-planning, working from home, writing schedule | 8 Comments

Done Yet?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

When people ask me what I’m working on these days, I tell them the truth: my novel. And then I get cagey. Questions inevitably follow, questions like, “How’s that going?” Or “the same one?” Or “Must be about done by … Continue reading →

Posted in agents, craft, writing, writing groups | Tagged agent, Gilead, Lindsey Crittenden, memoir, novel, novel-writing, rejection, revision, The Water Will Hold You, VIDA, women writers | 6 Comments

A Utility Porch Of One’s Own

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

Like many writers I know, I’m lucky enough to have an office at home. For years, I wrote at a desk in a corner of the living room in whatever apartment I had at the time. (I wanted to keep … Continue reading →

Posted in writing | Tagged artists colonies, Djerassi, home office, Lindsey Crittenden, procrastination, residencies, Ron Carlson, Sanchez Street, sublet, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, workspace, writing from home, writing space | 4 Comments

No Trees Felled, But a Terrific Evening

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

If you read this blog last week, you know that my story “The Art of Fiction” was read last Friday at Stories on Stage in Sacramento. What a wonderful evening–and I’m not saying that just because my story was featured. … Continue reading →

Posted in community, reading, writing | Tagged " 100-word stories, " Stories on Stnage, "Big Dog, acramento Poetry Center, Benjamin Ismail, Farallon Review, graduate creative writring program, Julia Halprin Jackson, Lindsey Crittenden, literary magazines, Pam Metzger, postcards, Sacramento, short shorts, The Art of FIction, The View from Below, The Water Will Hold You, Tim Foley, UC Davis, UC Davis program in creative wriring, Valerie Fioravanti | 4 Comments

If I Gave a Reading in the Forest, and No Tree Fell, Would Anyone Buy a Copy of My Book?*

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

While in grad school, some seventeen years ago, I taught my first class and gave my first public reading. Both were nerve-wracking—I practiced for days, reading aloud from pages marked up with little arrows and accent marks. You know, slow … Continue reading →

Posted in community, faith, spirituality, teaching, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged a writer's writer, Alan Jones, Benjamin Ismail, community, Dean Alan Jones, Facebook, Facebook page, Grace Cathedral, grad school, Julia Halprin Jackson, Lindsey Crittenden, low attendance, Pam Metzger, public readings, Sacramento, stories, Stories On Stage, storytelling, The Art of FIction, The Water Will Hold You, theology of abundance, theology of scarcity | 2 Comments

Category Archives: writing

Finding Time

Done Yet?

A Utility Porch Of One’s Own

No Trees Felled, But a Terrific Evening

If I Gave a Reading in the Forest, and No Tree Fell, Would Anyone Buy a Copy of My Book?*

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