the cove

The previously unused space beneath our staircase has been reinvented. It's now the Writing Cove, future site of my memoir authorship. You read that correctly, memoir authorship. Feels scary and exhilarating at the same time to actually write that "out loud" and commit to it. 


But it's happening, so I might as well blog about it. I've begun what promises to be a long and strenuous and exciting process—turning a month-long road trip into a 70,000-word story. The post-it note front and center reads, "Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts." Just a little reminder that I'm sure I'll need.


Here goes.