inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.W. H. Auden I’m a day late and a dollar short as they say so I missed the 30 Poems in 30 Days Project but the Continue reading 30 Poems in 30 Days Project
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.Thomas Mann When you don’t call yourself a writer you just write. But the minute it is your profession there is a whole lot Continue reading What Comes Along with Writing
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Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind. Samuel Taylor ColeridgeI’ve lived in Colorado for eight years and every year it seems we’ve had snow on Halloween, Continue reading Snow for Halloween
There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn’t because the book is not there and worth being written — it is only because the right Continue reading The Right Form of the Story
I almost forgot…You can check out the picture here. Scroll down to Gyros. We also won Bronze in Best Middle Eastern restaurant and Bronze in Best Greek restaurant. Woo hoo!GyrosMediterranean Café118 E. Kiowa St., 633-0115With some gyro meat, the less Continue reading Winner of Best Gyros in Colorado Springs 5 Years Running
I found this on Jaye’s blog and thought it was definitely worth another post. And they wonder why we struggle with self-esteem issues.
I’ve often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it’s been doing to my poetry when I’m not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me.George Murray I just found Fridgewatcher which is a Continue reading A Story in Your Fridge?
I just read that Amazon is gearing up to be a fierce competitor in Apple’s MP3 download market. Here’s my recent purchase.Sweetest Thing Although this one was the same price as Apple, many of their downloads are only .89 versus Continue reading The Sweetest Thing