Tonja's Musings

When I was in high school, I used to write poems in physics class to keep myself awake. My eyelids feel heavy right now from the act of typi...

My daughter is a fantastic writer, but she doesn't want to be told what to write and doesn't want to read her words aloud, especiall...

I have been a fan of Edgar Allan Poe and Gothic literature since I first read The Raven as a child.  I think if I tried hard enough I could...

T.S. Eliot and Emily Dickinson are two of my favorite poets, poets that inspired me to be a poet and quite likely affect everything I write,...

On Saturday  I was determined to work toward getting a poem published over the next calendar year.  Over the weekend and up through last nig...

Last night, I decided to take a break and set aside my novel that is basically about a woman with a lot of anxiety.  It's a dark comedy,...

If you had asked me a year ago who I was compared to the me of my childhood and early adulthood, I would tell you I had completely changed. ...

I had the most horrible day today.  My son is sick, my foot hurts so bad that I am really worried it's broken again, my mom gave me abso...

When I did software development, there was definitely a clear line when a new application was good enough to put into production.  If the ap...

Last night I went to writing class after missing three weeks of classes.  I got so excited that I was feeling well enough to go that I forgo...

A few days ago, I wrote two dark poems, perfectly in keeping with the Halloween mood around our neighborhood.  In my writing class, my small...

I have been sick all week with just a cold, but with severe asthma a cold can quickly turn into a hospital stay or weeks of higher doses of ...

Yesterday I felt wonderful all day after writing in the morning.  I had achieved my goal before I finished my second cup of coffee.  I felt ...