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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot It is October, and the last time I posted was in June. I’m Continue reading Do you seek the successive autumns?
A word after a word after a word is power.” Margaret Atwood I’ve been contemplating taking a writing course this summer, something to inspire me to get back to a more regular writing practice or maybe look for a weekend Continue reading a word after a word
Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” —Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty I love magazines, but I tend to hoard stacks and stacks of them until, even for me, it’s too much, and I Continue reading Finding writing inspiration this summer
I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen. Anne Lamott Many Continue reading Paying attention
Before I ever cooked professionally or wrote one word, I had a deep connection to language and food because of my first teacher, my nana. “A writing cook and a cooking writer must be bold at the desk as well Continue reading the connection of language and food
What does it mean to live more creatively? That’s what I promised myself this year after two years of “checking out” to pursue a graduate certificate in IT Project Management and get my PMP certification. Success on both of those Continue reading Six “not new ways” to ignite your creativity this year
“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.” —Ray Bradbury, WD It has been more than a year since I wrote in Continue reading Restarting your Writing Practice
“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
One of my goals for the year is to submit more creative work. Last year I submitted a grand total of five poems, way off where I’d like to be. So I’ll be posting more this year when I find a writing, essay Continue reading Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
“We become what we repeatedly do.” ― Sean Covey On Google, there are more than 64 million links on “the habit of writing.” Here’s just one. 10 Steps to Create the Habit of Writing. In procrastinating my writing, I’ve probably read Continue reading The Writing Habit