BLOG | Sometimes She Writes

Christina Grant

Nov 14, 20152 min read

Don't be Afraid to Ask for What You Want

I've known for a long time that I am happiest when involved in a story. Whether I've given myself over completely to a play, a movie, a...

Christina Grant

Aug 27, 20152 min read

Choose Your Own Adventure

Writing a story is the ultimate Choose-Your-Own-Adventure. Where readers of this decades-old series of books only pick the paths of...

Christina Grant

Aug 3, 20152 min read

Suuuummmmerrrrrrr!

Here is a picture of me pretending to write. Really what I'm doing is getting ready to write by doing the following: looking out the...

Christina Grant

Jul 23, 20151 min read

A poem

Summer is the season of gatherers: when picking raspberries I see the world from upside-down bent over peering beneath the white...

Christina Grant

Apr 23, 20151 min read

Why can't I write about stuff I'm going through right now?

I just got back from a vacation in one of the most beautiful places in the world. I took pictures - lots of them - but didn't write a...

Christina Grant

Apr 23, 20152 min read

There's nothing new under the sun

I always thought that was from a Shakespearean sonnet, but in fact, it's a Biblical quote (Ecclesiastes 1:9): What has been will be again...

Christina Grant

Apr 22, 20151 min read

Happy Earth Day! (Sort of)

We've all seen picture of earth from a distance. I doubt people are as amazed at this global selfie as they first were when it was a new...