Happy Labor Day!
Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down Continue reading Happy Labor Day!
Who Wrote That?
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and came out on the page. ~Joan Baez I Continue reading Who Wrote That?
Disclosure Policy
This policy is valid from 28 September 2007 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received will never influence Continue reading Disclosure Policy
Another Poetry Market
Ink runs from the corners of my mouthThere is no happiness like mine.I have been eating poetry.~Mark Strand, “Eating Poetry,” Reasons for Moving, 1968 I’m very glad to be part of blogcatalog because I’ve discovered some really good information from Continue reading Another Poetry Market
Surrounded by Beauty
Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn’t we? ~Audra Foveo-Alba This quote spoke to me as this week we have spent several days exploring Rocky Mountain National Park. The beauty Continue reading Surrounded by Beauty
Another Reason Not to Give Up
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.– George E. Allen Two rejections this week and then an acceptance. My five poems are now published Continue reading Another Reason Not to Give Up
Just a quote
It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself Continue reading Just a quote
Simply Said
The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.–August Wilson Sometimes as a beginning writer we try so hard to follow the rules that we end up overwriting. The page is filled with wonderful details, metaphors, similes that we Continue reading Simply Said
Writer’s Block
Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. ~Emme Woodhull-Bäche It’s hard to define writer’s block, I think it’s different for every writer. When you choose to write daily there really isn’t a Continue reading Writer’s Block