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None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for a lifetime. Gail Godwin Your writing path. My office file cabinet has been on my must-do list to declutter for the last couple of years. Continue reading writing path
One thing about writing is that it takes time. M.F.K. Fisher Every week since February when I publish a blog post, I promise myself that while this week I only made time on Saturday to write, next week will be Continue reading Finding time to write
I don’t have nothing to write today―maybe never. Hammer in my blood a giant river swell up inside me and I’m drowning. My head all dark inside. Feel like giant river I never cross in front of me now. Ms. Continue reading writing could be the boat
The crocus beckons like homemade liqueur—each one a glassful of sunlight. The crocus is a soft word in my ear Marion McCready’s poem Look to the Crocus. Today is the official first day of spring, but the crocus has been Continue reading a “soft word” on the first day of spring
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
“Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can’t say it clearly you don’t understand it yourself.” John Searle John stirred the pot of fragrant bubbling chili adding a dash more cocoa Continue reading Thoughts on Exposition in Creative Writing
Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company. Lord Byron It is 2012, spring/early summer and I’m writing a friend a letter about my life. “In the garden, irises, roses and columbine are blooming, the peonies seem Continue reading Special Delivery
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” Stephen King Today, start your writing practice from the window. You can use this image as a start or wherever you are look out the window. Freewrite, start a poem or a Continue reading Fearless Writing
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time unlike, say, brain surgery.”— Robert Cormier (1925-2000) It’s been two years since I blogged regularly…I started ten years ago to build a daily Continue reading Writing…you don’t have to get it right the first time
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, Continue reading Let Nothing Go Down the Drain