inspiration, creative writing prompts, motivational quotes, poetry and gentle nagging on the creative writing life…
Adam’s Curse by William Butler Yeats We sat together at one summer’s end, That beautiful mild woman, your close friend, And you and I, and talked of poetry. I said, ‘A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it Continue reading We Talked of Poetry
A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Continue reading The 4 Essential Sentence Questions
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” Hal Borland On Thursday it was 71 degrees and yesterday a spring snow storm threatened to bring back winter. Happy First Day of Spring! I haven’t posted for a week, Tuesday Continue reading No Spring Skips Its Turn
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Elliot I haven’t posted in awhile…I’m trying to get all the business work done that I put off to fit school in. The following post was from Continue reading What You Might Have Been…
So bummed that Amazon fired all of their Colorado affiliates, I’m hoping Colorado changes the law because the only losers are all of the bloggers and small Colorado businesses that made an income referring their readers to Amazon’s site.
If you’re planning a summer garden don’t forget to buy your sweet pea seeds. Traditionally sweet peas are planted on St. Patrick’s Day, of course this depends what part of the country you live in. Although they don’t last very long, Continue reading Prep the soil for fragrant sweet pea flowers
Another good book by Julia Cameron on starting the creative writing process. The Sound of Paper This week I’ve been pushing myself to finish the taxes so I can get back to my poetry collection. These are two different worlds, the world Continue reading The Sound of Paper
“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake…” Frances Bacon Trailhead- Elder-Fehn and Vayhinger Trails. A short Continue reading Melting Like a Snowflake
“Keeping a journal will absolutely change your life in ways you’ve never imagined.” Oprah Winfrey I can’t believe it’s Saturday and more importantly that I haven’t posted anything since Tuesday! While I didn’t do very well on my desire to Continue reading Panning for Gold
Today for your browsing pleasure…a few new and not-so-new sites to ponder. Kate Benedict Poetry Site Two sentence Tuesday at Women of Mystery Great prompt! Found this site in the current issue of Saveur, for food and food/photography lovers: Tastespotting Top 100 Continue reading Just Browsing…