by Jamie Cattanach | Oct 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
I know it’s only just falling, and I know, too, that I’ll likely be singing a different tune in a matter of weeks. But so far, I have to say: winter is, in many ways, a comfort. This Sunday has me sitting here in my pajamas watching the drear through my...
by Jamie Cattanach | Jun 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
If I had a dollar for every time someone cocked their head and gave me that skeptical, yeah, sure smile when I told them I’m a freelance writer, I’d have… well, at least a few more dollars than I have at present. The more salient question, though...
by Jamie Cattanach | Mar 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
I just got back from AWP, the largest American writers’ conference — an ephemeral, literary vortex of readings and panels and temporarily-all-gender-friendly convention center restrooms. It’s the kind of event where word nerds like me are totally in...
by Jamie Cattanach | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Going to work” each day by stumbling the six feet from my bedroom to my kitchen table. Heeding a strict dress code of sweats and yoga pants. Enjoying unlimited access to my supply of caffeine, which I might happily overindulge in without fear of side-eye....
by Jamie Cattanach | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
As the internet has doubtless told you, the decade that was January is over at long last —Â which means those of us crazy enough to spend it sober are finally free to pop bottles. But as I write this, it’s February 2nd, and I’ve somehow yet to end my...
by Jamie Cattanach | Dec 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
The year I moved back to Saint Augustine; the year I started my business. The year of the trans-continental solar eclipse whose totality shadowed me in Charleston. The year I ditched everything to live overseas for two months, to drink wine where it’s grown and...
