Disasters and Drama–Take Your Pick
For those who’ve wondered what happened to me, here’s the long and short of it. My desktop PC went into death throes and left me stranded with only an older laptop which wasn’t anti-virus protected. I...
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FLAFIWRIMO Flash Fiction Update
Yes, there are two February challenges on my calendar; the FLAFIWRIMO flash fiction story-a-day challenge over at Wordsmith Studio and my write-in group’s annual February Writing Dash of 15K words new...
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Resolutions, Intentions, Challenges, and Reality
Are you on the New Year’s Resolution band wagon? Did you make resolutions and already break them? Yeah, I hear ya. I set all of my goals for 2016 in December and was actually proud of them. All of...
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Confession Time
Okay, peeps. 2016 is both at the top of the calendar and on the clock. Let’s face it. Last year, for many of us, was both a challenge and a disappointment. It’s time to switch things up and make...
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\ Writers’ Holidays and Year’s End
The annual writers’ holidays have begun. Thanksgiving and Black Friday, as always, divided November into days of humming along nicely on NaNoWriMo projects and those days of panicked scrambling to...
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Motivation Leads to Motion
Image courtesy of jesadaphorn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net A story, an article, an essay or poem all begin with motivation. All move forward because of it. The concept of motivation is defined as follows:...
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Ramping Up for NaNoWriMo
Whew. Got Wisher’s World Launched and now it’s time to think NaNoWriMo. October leaped out of the gate in a whirlwind of editing and formatting the first volume of Wisher’s World, which came out on...
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Wisher’s World Goes Live
My fantasy series on Kindle has emerged in the first volume. Today Wisher’s World, Vol. 1 Composing an Apprentice launched successfully and is available to readers everywhere. Satisfaction fills me...
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3 Steps Fiction Writers Should Take
Always take time to check these 3 steps before declaring a project ready for edit. They save so much time for the fiction writer. Whether you’re an outliner or not, create a list of all the major plot...
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A Quick Update for Freelance Writers
These last few days have been a bit hectic, but then, the month just began. I thought some of you might be able to use some of the information contained in my latest article–this one for freelance...
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Writer Rebecca Barray: An Interview
Writer/Photographer Rebecca Barray Today, I have the pleasure to introduce you to Rebecca Barray, writer/photographer, blogger and active “groupie”. I first met this lovely and talented lady several...
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Shifting Mental Gears
Sometimes, a writer has to take stock of a situation and begin shifting mental gears. Now, I’ll give you the skinny on why things have slowed down on my Wisher’s World Series. I tried to pull up the...
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Weekly Challenges in August
Hey there, all, August is full of challenges. August 1st saw writer,coach, and entrepreneur Suzanne Lieurance issue a challenge to all of those within her Working Writers Club. Each week had a...
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6 Tricks for Taming Writer’s Block
I’ve never suffered from writer’s block. Others, though, struggle with it on a regular basis. I thought I’d share a few tricks with you that helped me tame the beast. And I didn’t have to use a whip...
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3 Tricks for Tapping Muse’s Goldmine
Muse has a goldmine. Wordsmiths get writer’s block unnecessarily. Every day, from the time we’re born until the day we die, our minds are bombarded with information, sensory stimulation, and our own...
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At Home—Reading for the Writer
These last two weeks were interesting in a number of ways. I rediscovered reading for pleasure—something I’d put on the back burner for too long. Every writer needs to read. If I think about it,...
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At Home—Balance With Focus
Image courtesy of jesadaphorn at FreeDigitalPhotos.net while your feet keep the board balanced on its single, central roller. Some jugglers and acrobats use this technique all the time. And so do...
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Poetry Chain 5-Day Challenge
Today was day 2 of the Poetry Chain Challenge for June, created by a Facebook group to which I happen to belong. The challenge is for each nominated poet to provide one poem per day for five days....
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Writing—Starting from Scratch
A few days ago, a gal came to me for help. She wanted to begin writing but didn’t know where to start. She asked if I could/would help her. This case isn’t unusual. Few beginning writers know where to...
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Cooking Ingredients for the Mind
The compelling, music of Kitaro fills my ears, while I sit in an unstable desk chair procured from a former tenant, of another apartment, years ago. My hand-me-down desk and a found, handmade shelf...
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