Category Archives: writing

Mar
18
2010

Of Monsters and Writers and Closets, OH MY

Heady morning on a beautiful sunny Thursday, but it’s my Friday afore a three-day weekend to be crammed with writing so I get the big bookwritin’ ball rolling fast.
I’m realizing the magnitude of the hill I’ll have to climb to write this book, more and more. But it’s okay. I’m also realizing I’m pretty tough [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Dimestore Philosophy | Comments (1)
Mar
08
2010

She’s The King of The World!

(There are no The Hurt Locker spoilers here, no worries, since about 15 of you have seen it.)
It took 82 years, but there’s finally a woman who holds the title of Academy Award-winning “Best Director” .
But it’s about more than just a woman taking home the big prize.
As a writer, I saw something incredible happen [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Hollywood, feminism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)
Jan
23
2010

A Moment of Clarity, A Project to Start

I’m at the tail-end of a ceremonial shot of Jack Daniels. I’m celebrating.
This past week, I’ve figured out a structure for my book, and the start of the order of content and how to make it marketably different from most of the non-fiction offerings out there.
I want my book to be profoundly literate. I want [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Journalling, Specifically Steff, keeping it real | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)
Jan
19
2010

Why I Love My ADHD

I’m going to be writing more about ADHD over the next while. I started last week with this posting here.
Seems to me too many people are all shame-filled about their ADHD. What the fuck is that about?
Here, take your stereotypes and shove it. Know what my ADHD doesn’t make me do? It doesn’t make [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Education, Journalling, Specifically Steff, Twitter, Uncategorized, adhd | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)
Jan
08
2010

From There to Here

In 2007, I spent 7 months working for a toxic employer.
By the time I left my job, I was close to the highest I’ve ever weighed, at my most negative and always whining, feeling sorry for myself, and feeling pretty hopeless about everything, especially about writing, which I’d been sucking at for nearly a year [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, existentialism, keeping it real | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)
Dec
17
2009

Writing about Writing

Let me just say this before I get too far into my thoughts here:

I know Canada is small, with about 10% of the US population.
I doubt many people vote in the Canadian Blog Awards.
I’ve checked my in-box, and I’ve still not heard from the Pulitzer Committee.

And yet I’ll write this.
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The Canadian Blog Awards nomination for [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Being me, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Specifically Steff, keeping it real | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)
Nov
08
2009

Choosing Success

I’m having one of those honest-with-myself days. They’re never very much fun, are they?
I’ve been getting increasingly stressed out about several areas of my life, just because it’s coming down to the crunch and probably also because I’m incredibly skilled at making things more difficult than they need to be.
As a result, I’ve had sort [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Specifically Steff, keeping it real, weight loss | Comments (1)
Oct
16
2009

Inspiration, you WHORE.

Inspiration is a fickle slut.
My muse, she ain’t faithful at all. Nuh-uh. She out there all friendly and wanderin’. Ain’t never ’round when I needs it.
That dilemma has been two-fold for me of late. You see, I wanna write a book. In fact, I know kinda what I want to write. You, my friends, need [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Being me, Journalling, Twitter, keeping it real | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)
Sep
26
2009

Getting Philosophical as a Birthday Looms

“I commented to a friend once that I’d love to have the trappings of success, but could never live in the trap of success.”

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Dimestore Philosophy, General, Journalling, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Society, Specifically Steff, existentialism, keeping it real | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)
Sep
18
2009

A MiniEpiphany of Sorts

I know what I’m doing wrong. I’m not owning it. I’m not buying into it. And I sure as hell have not drunk the Kool-aid.
And I must. I must drink the Kool-aid.
The simple reality of my life right now is, I can’t afford to have one. I’m sick of constantly living in the red. Black, [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Journalling, Life 101, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized | Comments (2)
Jul
23
2009

Writing: The Art of Digging In?

I fall out of love with writing.
It’s a love/hate relationship. I can’t live without it. I wish I could.
It’s a near-pathological need to dig, writing. For some of us. For me. Dig, dig, dig. I feel like I’m taking a stab at digging my way to China in my back yard. I’ll never finish. I’ll [...]

By A Scribe Called Steff | Also posted in Best of Steff, Dating, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Sex, Specifically Steff, keeping it real | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)