WRITING ON THE DAILY
SINCE 1/1/11
BLOGCAST CURRENTLY IN-PROGRESS: Write For Me - The 2022 Blogcast.
In my 12th year in a row of daily writing, I will be writing for an audience of one: me. Weekly digest option available. More info here.
ABOUT MY DAILY WRITING
I have written something unique every single day since January 1, 2011. I started this project six years after completing my MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College because I noticed I wasn't making enough time to work on my first true love: the written word. To keep my creativity sharp and active, I made my first-ever New Year's Resolution to write every day for one year and I have re-upped this promise to myself annually ever since. I truly love my craft and can't imagine not taking the time to write every day. I am so thankful for the sparking of this idea at the end of 2010 and am humbled and honored by all of you who have supported, urged, and inspired my work along the way.
Audio version of my daily writing are included -- if reading isn't your "thing" or you're more of an audiobooks/podcast listener than a traditional reader, then listening along is now an option! My pal Rebecca calls this level-up my "Blogcast" and I thank her brilliant mind for bringing such a term to my attention.
For the first time since this project began, daily posts will not be shared. Instead, a selection of posts will be available on a weekly basis for those opting to subscribe for a single week ($3 donation recommended), a single month ($5 donation recommended), or the entire year ($60 donation or $5 donation per month). Start by filling out this form. More info here.
I have written something unique every single day since January 1, 2011. I started this project six years after completing my MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College because I noticed I wasn't making enough time to work on my first true love: the written word. To keep my creativity sharp and active, I made my first-ever New Year's Resolution to write every day for one year and I have re-upped this promise to myself annually ever since. I truly love my craft and can't imagine not taking the time to write every day. I am so thankful for the sparking of this idea at the end of 2010 and am humbled and honored by all of you who have supported, urged, and inspired my work along the way.
Audio version of my daily writing are included -- if reading isn't your "thing" or you're more of an audiobooks/podcast listener than a traditional reader, then listening along is now an option! My pal Rebecca calls this level-up my "Blogcast" and I thank her brilliant mind for bringing such a term to my attention.
For the first time since this project began, daily posts will not be shared. Instead, a selection of posts will be available on a weekly basis for those opting to subscribe for a single week ($3 donation recommended), a single month ($5 donation recommended), or the entire year ($60 donation or $5 donation per month). Start by filling out this form. More info here.
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Occasionally, I drop a new podcast episode where I read something I wrote on "this" day over the years. The podcast features work from already completed blog projects. Check it out here. |
ARCHIVE of PAST BLOG PROJECTS
* Contact me about accessing past projects - donations welcome *
2021 - Anything Goes. This year's project opened up the comments section for audience feedback as inspiration.
2020 - I Spy. This blog got its inspiration from photographs. Mostly. Audio versions of each post from July-December.
2019 - Today's Special. This blog was all me and focused on what was special to me each day.
2018 - What's It Called. Here, I asked friends to write titles that I would use to inspire each day's post.
2017 - Inspired. This project initially was to be propelled by what inspired all of you, but I went rogue and spent the year writing about what inspired me. The writing from this project is some of my personal career favorite.
2016 - ABC's. Each day had a featured letter for participants to use to send me words that started with that letter. While many of these posts turned out great, the poetry yielded by this premise is some of my best.
2015 - Sing-Along. Friends gave me songs they liked and I used that music to inspire my daily writing. Check out the Spotify playlist of every song used.
2014 - The Untitled Blog. Written choose-your-own-adventure-style, this project defied gravity, had a fiercely loyal readership who all voted daily on what would happen next, and the end result was an actual novel. I have no idea how I pulled off this magic trick, but I am immensely proud of this piece of fiction, now available in a two-part novel called A Somerville Love Story.
2013 - Triple Play. Folks gave me any three things they wanted and I incorporated them into a piece of writing.
2012 - With a Little Help From My Friends. This all-fiction blog had friends writing the first lines of short stories and me writing the rest. I selected my 50 favorites from this project and compiled them into a a collection called Sobriety (And 49 Other Fine Stories).
2011 - Three Hundred Sixty-Five for Twenty-Eleven. The "OG" blog. This one was all me and had no broader theme than write every day.
2020 - I Spy. This blog got its inspiration from photographs. Mostly. Audio versions of each post from July-December.
2019 - Today's Special. This blog was all me and focused on what was special to me each day.
2018 - What's It Called. Here, I asked friends to write titles that I would use to inspire each day's post.
2017 - Inspired. This project initially was to be propelled by what inspired all of you, but I went rogue and spent the year writing about what inspired me. The writing from this project is some of my personal career favorite.
2016 - ABC's. Each day had a featured letter for participants to use to send me words that started with that letter. While many of these posts turned out great, the poetry yielded by this premise is some of my best.
2015 - Sing-Along. Friends gave me songs they liked and I used that music to inspire my daily writing. Check out the Spotify playlist of every song used.
2014 - The Untitled Blog. Written choose-your-own-adventure-style, this project defied gravity, had a fiercely loyal readership who all voted daily on what would happen next, and the end result was an actual novel. I have no idea how I pulled off this magic trick, but I am immensely proud of this piece of fiction, now available in a two-part novel called A Somerville Love Story.
2013 - Triple Play. Folks gave me any three things they wanted and I incorporated them into a piece of writing.
2012 - With a Little Help From My Friends. This all-fiction blog had friends writing the first lines of short stories and me writing the rest. I selected my 50 favorites from this project and compiled them into a a collection called Sobriety (And 49 Other Fine Stories).
2011 - Three Hundred Sixty-Five for Twenty-Eleven. The "OG" blog. This one was all me and had no broader theme than write every day.
