by Andi | Feb 23, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
The little Apples glow to each other on the back of our screens, and our coffee cups are long ago empty. We both have our phones beside us and are reading tweets, Facebook updates, and emails as we work. It’s an afternoon with Shawn Smucker at our local coffee... by Andi | Feb 22, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
Piles and piles of paper. Folder after folder. Files full of documents on my hard drive. This is what I see when i sit down to work every day. Sometimes it makes my chest hurt. But last night in the Twitter Writer’s Chat, we discussed how to organize our... by Andi | Feb 21, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I’m just staring at this letter from James Tucker to General Cocke. Tucker has just told Cocke that Cocke’s “boy” Jeffrey was killed when he fell off a horse that he was riding while drunk. He has explained how the accident happened, how it was... by Andi | Feb 20, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
It wraps up your heart like a string pulled almost too tight. The pressure, the tug, even the twinge of pain feels good, right, long-absent. Or else it takes your breath away, sucks it from your lips like a hard fall flat on your back, steals your life for seconds and... by Andi | Feb 17, 2012 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I’m sitting at my desk, trying to settle my mind from the list of things I need to do, the list of things that always seem more important than my writing. I’m sitting, breathing, letting my mind wander. . . when I hear it. “That chapter where you...