Christy The Writer

I was walking through downtown Newark just now and as I was waiting to cross the street, a truck driver motioned for me to get out of the way. I was standing on the sidewalk, several inches from the curb, but I stepped back anyway and he proceeded to drive over the curb and turn the [...]

Me: “Would you put the-” Guy (from the other room): “Yeah.” And yes, he was right.

Yet I can never seem to get out of the public library without setting off the security alarm … http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/201052013110430506.html?

Oh sure. http://tinyurl.com/34fhcj2 But ME they wouldn’t let renew my driver’s license without twenty-seven pieces of photo ID, a stool sample and a phone call from my Congressman.

Harry is trying to sleep, but he looks so cute and cuddly that I just had to bother him with kisses all over his smushy little cat head. I love it that he opens his eyes just enough to look irritated. Because you know he’s thinking “If I were bigger, I would SO be killing you [...]

I just entered two of my pieces about my trip to England in the annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. If I win, you won’t even have to log on here to find out – you’ll just hear me.

The heat register on the floor of the train is clogged. I spend most of my life on this train, being shuttled back and forth between home and work, but this is the first day I’ve noticed the heat register. It’s just debris, dirt and grease and bits of paper, but I wonder if it [...]

So scientists have announced they’ve found evidence that neanderthals mated with humans. Exactly how long do you think they’ve been looking in my bedroom windows?

My new online writing classes in creative nonfiction are starting on May 17. The class list is already filling up! Visit www.CreativeNonfictionOnline.com for more details. Come out and write with me. We’ll have fun, I promise. Virtual wine for everyone!

There are days when everything I write comes out amazing. And I mean I stand up, stretch and try to decide where I want to go to celebrate after I win the Pulitzer. Then other days I’m convinced I’ll live out the rest of my days writing scripts so bad that even Brendan Fraser won’t [...]