I’ve written about this before, and thought this topic would make a good reminder and great Write-a-Scene Writing Prompt. As we grow older, most of us carry around baggage in one form another. Maybe it’s a childhood friend whispering behind our back, “She’ssoweirdlet’sditchher,” and believing everyone will believe the same thing. A guilt we have…
See Beau. He looks a bit fuzzy in this photo, but don’t hold it against him. Isn’t he cute? My sister-in-law asked us to puppysit for five days and four nights. Look at Beau. How could we resist? The girls were thrilled. They love Beau. He really is cute. Except…Beau woke all of us at…
“You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep…
If you wish to be a writer, write. -Epictetus And write, I will. But first, I have to tell you about the portable plotting organizer I put together the other day for my new WIP. It’s so simple, I can hardly stand it. It may very well keep me sane during my writing and revision…
January. January. January. I despise how I’ve allowed these four syllables to throw me into a funk these past few years. It’s not supposed to be this way. January is meant for new beginnings. We say farewell to the old year and herald in the new. We write up our New Year’s Resolutions and try…
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” -Epictetus This quote speaks volumes by itself. Write-a-Scene Writing Prompt: Everyone dreams to BE something. Write a scene where your MC comes to terms with what he/she wants to be. Will this be easy to accomplish? What sacrifices will…
“Mom, are you sure we’re going the right way?” With this one question, a new Write-a-Scene topic was born. Thank you, Wonder Girl. We were driving on a narrow road, one of the many quiet streets connecting one town to another. I’ve driven this way countless times, and yet, Wonder Girl’s question made me wonder…
“Mom, I forgot to mail my letter to Santa!” Spy Girl flew into the kitchen this morning, envelope in hand. “Do you think it’s too late?” For the past few years, I’ve been waiting to have the talk with Spy Girl about Santa. Her friends have been dropping comments since the second grade, and despite…
Life seems to get in the way of my writing. The flu, three children, a husband, managing office work that piles up faster than I can organize, housework, soccer, too much homework to supervise, holiday pressures, and general doldrums have provided more than plenty of opportunity for numerous excuses and bad creative behavior. When I…
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