Archive - Witticisms

"Shut Up, Izzy"

A life hack you weren't expecting

Jun 6 •

April 2025

Tapering Is Life

I am in the “tapering” phase of marathon training.

Apr 10 •

February 2025

Less Work, More Play!

aka How to Survive 2025

Feb 13 •

December 2024

The Best Books I Read in 2024

but first, some kudos

Dec 12, 2024 •

October 2024

Should I step off the roller coaster?

That sounds dangerous.

Oct 25, 2024 •

August 2024

A highlight from the (fading) summer

because lists + books = Jill's nirvana

Aug 22, 2024 •

June 2024

Some lightness for your summer

Hello and welcome, friends, family, readers, writers, and people seeking witticisms who stumbled here accidentally serendipitously.

Jun 22, 2024 •

April 2024

One way to get unstuck

by a writer who was very, very stuck.

Apr 17, 2024 •

February 2024

Back to school (as a middle-aged mom)

à la Rodney Dangerfield, but not.

Feb 16, 2024 •

December 2023

My top books of 2023

plus, a giveaway! Because holidays + books = joy.

Dec 7, 2023 •

September 2023

Revising and Reenvisioning

My novel, my office, my writing future... see my news, below

Sep 29, 2023

July 2023

Will artificial intelligence replace novelists?

...because I've noticed that nobody is talking about AI*

Jul 25, 2023 •

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