Julia Stories

Writing Makes Its Own Time

Writing Makes its Own Time Writing takes up time - obvi - but it also makes time. How, you might wonder? When I lived in Glen Ridge, NJ, I used to participa... Read More...

Vacationland

Okay, who has a great vacation to talk about this summer? In our first post-COVID restriction summer... who went where? According to NPR, most of us opted for I... Read More...

The Third Act of Every Story

In the third act of any story - from Wizard of Oz to Star Wars to Harry Potter - there is a spiral. It's just one damn thing after another. The character is in ... Read More...

Happy Spring Rites!

Happy Easter. Happy Passover. We are gardening and planning to dye eggs tomorrow when our guests arrive for a nice Spring-y dinner. I was talking to my si... Read More...

Shutting Down

I've been impressed by brevity, of late. We hosted Tiff Holland in our 100 Writing Days of Summer Program, and she was amazing. She writes poetry and flash fict... Read More...

Stories we Tell Ourselves

Sometimes I write and lose track of time. Sometimes I can't get myself to write for months at a time. That's just me. We each have our own writing resistance...... Read More...

Everything is FINE

A year ago... "Our Reality Broke," as the New York Times put it. COVID was officially labeled a pandemic and by March 16th, we were in "lockdown," in LA. If you... Read More...