All in Writing
The Other Side of the Road
The writing process itself became my own Route 66, a brutal, mile-by-mile excavation of grief and misplaced hope. Every word I wrote for Matilda, every hardship she faced on the road, was a mirror reflecting the abandonment I felt, not just as a child, but throughout my life.
Celebrating the Journey of My Mother Road!
For her seventeenth birthday Matilda Banks receives letters written by her mother, who disappeared when Tildy was an infant, and sets off to follow her along Route 66. Will she be able to solve the mystery surrounding her mother’s disappearance or lose herself along the way? In My Mother Road, some journeys only happen once in two lifetimes. My Mother Road by Phyllis York
Readymade Revisited Returns
Today, I am writing. The world is on fire - literally and figuratively. The United States is being eaten alive by climate change and hate. It’s exhausting. I’m writing anyway.
Happy ThankSummersGiving!
I know you’re wondering why on earth we’re celebrating Thanksgiving in July. You’re probably drawing correlations to another holiday that is celebrated at a more convenient time instead of on the celebratees actual birthday. That’s right, I’m talking about Abraham Lincoln, but this has nothing to do with him at all.
Readymade Revisited: The Summer Games Issue
Objects in mirror are stronger than they appear.
ReadyMade Revisits David Berman
So many artists are lost before they’re even found.
Interview Q&A with Erin Lewis re: ReadyMade issue 2
“A friend showed me the first issue of ReadyMade because they knew I would love it. I got in contact with RM as soon as I read it
The Concrete Jungle
This blog post should have been written a decade ago. That’s how long I’ve wanted to attempt concrete countertops.
ReadyMade Revisited
I loved it!
From the ecocentric upcycled projects to its early embrace of otherhoo
My Personal Mother Road Journey
My mother asked me for a ride to a nearby town a year or so after my father received his plea deal. It shouldn’t have surprised me that she wasn’t planning to come back. It’s what she’d been practicing for her whole life.
10 things I’m doing instead of writing
Progress takes time… and a certain amount of procrastination.
The Great American Road Trip
“Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” — Emma Chase
Best of the Decade - Fangirl Edition
The best of the 2010s - Fangirl Edition
My Mother Road Book Trailer
Join Matilda Banks as she travels Route 66 to find her mother that disappeared 17 years before.
Will she find her mother, or lose herself?
My Mother Road by Phyllis York
Merry Christmas!
Some journeys only come once in two lifetimes.