Erma says, “Remember micromovements” – the December 2018 Elephant Coffee Klatch

Erma says, “Remember micromovements” – the December 2018 Elephant Coffee Klatch

It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? :) But Erma has not let me be. She’s been stomping around & making noise in the background, and she’s been whispering all kinds of ideas in my head. (Erma is the “elephant in the room” of my mind, a representation of my creative dreams that I’m ignoring as they hang…

Erma says be with where you are: The February (2015!) Elephant Coffee Klatch

Erma says be with where you are: The February (2015!) Elephant Coffee Klatch

This post is part of the Elephant Coffee Klatch series, where I get to know the creative “elephant in the room” of my subconscious. This “elephant” is a looming, unrealized dream (or dreams) that lingers in the back of my mind, one I try to ignore but that won’t let me. The Klatch is about…

And suddenly, the gap was gone; hello, impenetrable forest – An Elephant Coffee Klatch interim post

And suddenly, the gap was gone; hello, impenetrable forest – An Elephant Coffee Klatch interim post

So The Klatch is coming back. Klatch 2.0! Except it was never exactly a 1.0 version…more of a .5 version. But never mind that. Erma has swished—er, spoken—and I’m very, very eager to bring the Klatch back. Lots & lots more info to come in the coming days/weeks, but for now…I just needed to write…

Erma says “Mind the gap:” the May Elephant Coffee Klatch

Erma says “Mind the gap:” the May Elephant Coffee Klatch

In England, all the tube stations have signs and disembodied voices repeating the refrain “mind the gap!” over and over, warning people of that space between the train platform and the train car. That they so consistently and unceasingly remind people to “mind the gap” says that that gap is dangerous. Beware, lest you fall….

It’s the Erma and Esther show!

It’s the Erma and Esther show!

At the beginning of this year, in order to help me figure out why I wasn’t making progress on my writing-for-years-never-finished novel, I decided to recognize the elephant-in-the-room of my mind that represented this unfinished dream. I named her Erma. And decided to talk to her, get to know her, and see what insights I…