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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
Define hygge.”Hygge (“heu-gah”). The art of building sanctuary and community, of inviting closeness and paying attention to what makes us feel open hearted and alive. To create well-being, connection and warmth. A feeling of belonging to the moment and to each other. Continue reading Celebrating the everyday
“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
10 Gifts for a Poet I reworked this content article 10 Gifts for a Poet for the holiday season. Although I would never turn down a gift card thank you Amazon and Starbucks!; it seems like gift cards have become the go to Continue reading 10 Gifts for a Poet
“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
“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
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jopoe/ Although I haven’t jumped in yet, I’ve been looking at the adult coloring books on Amazon ever since my friend recommended The Secret Garden, this coloring book is thought to be the one that started the “adult coloring craze” or Continue reading Adult Coloring Books
Every man should be born again on the first of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle, if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but, on the first of January let Continue reading Already planning for 2016?