inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
“Young readers often think of description as the parts that they can skip. Naive as that may be, that impulse recognizes something crucial– the parts where the colors of the arroyo or the burnished glow of the furniture are described Continue reading Stalking a woman in the tea aisle
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams I think so many times we don’t allow ourselves the mistakes. And that is a problem because we can get too complacent and our Continue reading Allow the mistakes…and create great art.
A handy dandy link for voting for pythong. Remember voting ends this Sunday and you can only vote once! The Submissionathon starts in October, having the Writer’s Market books would be a great advantage, I’m a struggling, fledgling poet/writer, saving Continue reading Why vote for me?
“You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed.”–Larry Niven I’m been so enamored with poetry lately that my short story writing has suffered. I Continue reading Writing Short, Lean and Pointed
“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein Sung to the tune Sign “sign, sign, everywhere a sign” See video for a seventies flashback. I am Continue reading List, list, everywhere a list
A powerful agent is the right word. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt. Mark Twain Spunk & Bite: Continue reading Spunk And Bite-“the intensely right word”
Shopping card software does not have to be difficult. After researching many options, I’m taking a second look at Ashop Commerce. Their website states that “Ashop commerce is a leading provider of hosted shopping cart software.” And they offer a Continue reading Selling Online with Ashop Commerce
The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it. ~Jules Renard, “Diary,” February 1895 How many times have you felt that, that a Continue reading Written in absolutely perfect fashion