Leaving a breadcrumb trail

Taking notes 24/7 so I can find my way home.

Shonda Rhimes (famously?) said that writers shouldn’t worry about forgetting a good idea because if it’s really that good, it’ll keep popping up until it’s too important to ignore. Still, I worry—and then I turn to my notes app.

My notes app is a psychotic place. It’s the spot where I’ve written chunks of my novels, along with to-do lists, funny things …