Posts by Kate
upcoming classes
There is still room in my summer online Mother Words class! Don’t be shy. For more information, click here or e-mail me at katehopper[at]msn.com. I’ll also be teaching a one-day workshop on July 11th from 9 am – 1 pm at the Loft Literary Center called Writing Parenthood. If you’ve wanted to take Mother Words,…
Read Morehonest scrap
Okay, I have been meaning to do this for weeks and weeks and weeks. The lovely Shannon at It’s Never Too Late…To Be What You Might Have Been passed the Honest Scrap Award on to me months ago, and I’m finally passing it on, as well. The Honest Scrap Award is given to blogs that…
Read Moretwo masters
Just in case you’ve been worrying about my cough, wondering if I made it through Bernard Cooper’s reading on Friday night without hacking up a lung, I’ll tell you right away that I did. I *did not* begin to cough so hard and relentlessly that I threw up, as I did, say, earlier on Friday,…
Read Morea cough, a festival, and a few words about stories
I mentioned in my mother’s day post that Zoë was sick and that—after being on the receiving end of her croupy cough—I was getting sick, as well. Well I did get sick—head-exploding, coughing-until-I-puked sick. I had to take Zoë into the ER early Monday morning because she was barking like a seal, poor dear, and…
Read Morehappy mother’s day!
I slept in late this morning, which—and I’m serious here—means I slept until 8:30, at which point the loving parade of my family came in, bearing a bowl of strawberries doused in sugar (one of my favorite things), a steaming cup of coffee, a small potted rose plant, cards, and a gift certificate for a…
Read Moremother words online – summer session
I’ll be teaching Mother Words online again this summer. It will be an 8-week class (with no class the week of June 29). Here is a description of the class: Whether you are a new mom or a veteran, whether you gave birth to or adopted your child, in this online class you’ll learn how…
Read Morepatience
I’m not a patient person. I’m just not. And unfortunately, impatience isn’t a helpful character trait for a writer. So much of a writer’s time—at least this writer’s time—is spent waiting, thinking, revising, waiting. Did I mention waiting? I wait for letters to come back from journals. I wait for responses from editors. I wait…
Read More2009 memoir festival!
I want to tell you about the 2009 Memoir Writing Festival at the Loft Literary Center, May 15 – 17. I attended the first festival two years ago, and it was amazing to be surrounded by so many talented memoirists. This year, the keynote address will be given by the fabulous Bernard Cooper, whom, of…
Read Moreback
D has been in town for only one day out of the last ten, which I hope explains my silence the last two weeks. When D’s gone I lose my morning writing time and my weekend teaching prep time, but I also lose sleep. Usually, we alternate getting up with Zoë, but when D’s out…
Read Moresolid
Last night, D was reading Little House in the Big Woods to Stella, and I was sitting at the dining room table, planning my new Loft class, Americans Writing Across Cultures, which begins on Monday. I was alternating between working and watching them read because I need frequent breaks from the computer to let my…
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