Phone-A-Friend Tricia Lott Williford April 18, 2013 1 Comment “Mommy, I just miss you right now.” He’s calling from school, not from a cell phone, but from the real… Read more
Before You Go into the Dance Tricia Lott Williford April 13, 2013 2 Comments [This is the] advice my father used to give to my sister and me as we were preparing to go… Read more
From a Nebraska Farmhouse Tricia Lott Williford April 5, 2013 1 Comment I found the desk for my writing studio today. It is a handmade, square table, two chairs, all… Read more
You Let Me Impose Tricia Lott Williford March 23, 2013 7 Comments “SHE DIED ON a Monday during spring break of our senior year. After her funeral, I immediately went back to… Read more
Balloons in a Wind Storm Tricia Lott Williford March 21, 2013 3 Comments A book was born in my mind today. It came with such ferocity, flooding my thoughts with images and words… Read more
In the Case of Coffee Poisoning Tricia Lott Williford March 7, 2013 9 Comments I met with my editor this morning. For some writers, this is a tenuous, fearful encounter. One’s creativity can be… Read more
Where Are You Speaking?! Tricia Lott Williford February 20, 2013 1 Comment Tricia, you mentioned Ohio. But where in Ohio are you going? When are you coming? What’s the story,… Read more
Area Code 818 Tricia Lott Williford February 11, 2013 3 Comments Yesterday, I received a group text with 10-12 recipients. The sender is a young, fresh thinker, one whom I deeply… Read more
How to Write a Sentence Tricia Lott Williford January 28, 2013 2 Comments How to Write a Sentence. This is the title of the book I’m reading for the course I’m taking for… Read more
First Draft, First Date Tricia Lott Williford January 21, 2013 4 Comments Confession. As a child writer, I used to create intentional mistakes in my first draft. The “sloppy copy,” as some… Read more
All The Glory Tricia Lott Williford January 20, 2013 1 Comment “May You receive the glory, God.” May You claim it. In my mind, I picture this glorious radiant, beaming mound,… Read more
Trip To Bountiful Tricia Lott Williford January 17, 2013 4 Comments I’m sitting at my corner table. The one I loved so much. It’s not Starbucks anymore; now it’s Smashburger. The… Read more
How These Things Happen Tricia Lott Williford January 16, 2013 3 Comments I can pack a seriously freaking good lunch. If you and I have a picnic date, or a pack-your-own-lunch-today plan,… Read more
Narrative Species Tricia Lott Williford December 30, 2012 2 Comments I’m reading Unless It Moves the Human Heart, by Roger Rosenblatt. He’s a many-decades teacher of writing, and this book… Read more
Mixed Feelings Tricia Lott Williford December 27, 2012 No Comments “Poetry is mixed feelings expressed clearly.” ~ Tom Lux, in Unless It Moves The Human Heart, by Roger Rosenblatt Read more
Its, It’s and Its’ Tricia Lott Williford December 6, 2012 5 Comments It is an indescript, general pronoun for any singlular, something, animate or figurative. If this something is doing something worth… Read more
Reading isn’t Stalking Tricia Lott Williford November 19, 2012 2 Comments Lets clarify just one thing. Reading my blog doesn’t mean you’re stalking me. People apologize to me on a daily… Read more
My friend, Nora Ephron. Tricia Lott Williford November 6, 2012 1 Comment I listened to a lecture by Nora Ephron. She’s my current obsession; I’m reading her stuff, listening to her voice,… Read more
To Create Something Tricia Lott Williford October 21, 2012 1 Comment “As image-bearer of God, man possesses the possibility to create something beautiful, and to delight in it.” ~ Abraham Kuyper Read more
