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At Home on Amazon
This quick update is to let everyone know that the first of my Short Tales series is up live on Amazon Kindle. Short Tales of Twisted Wishes carries eight flash fiction stories. Some very short, others...
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Win-Win Situation
Happy Monday, all. Hopefully, you’ve had a relaxing and productive weekend. Chasing Paper Dreams Have you chased down your paperwork for the week? Create a win-win situation. Looking at mine, all...
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At Home with 2Voices1Song
As many of you know, I have another website, 2Voices1Song, where I collaborate with another poet/writer, Meena Rose. Today, I posted on my blog there about relaxation, play and problem solving. If you...
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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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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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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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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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Quilting A Story
I’ve had success this week. I finished quilting a story. I’m not bragging but vindicating my time spent. I finished the last revision on the first volume of Wisher’s World, and began putting together...
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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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Chapbook Release Today
My new Short Tales chapbook was released today on Kindle. Now, everyone will get to know some of the pivotal characters in my novel Dreamie’s Box, which will be coming out this autumn. I’ve lived with...
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Revisions—You Gotta Love ’Em
Years ago, when I began a serious push to get published, I heard a long-time writer say “Revisions are where the real work begins.” Brother, was he right. Anybody can write a story. Just ask those...
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Logic and Language
Writing and logic are always paired. Oft-times wee, niggling logic puzzles run inside our heads like so many gears inside a box. They crop up in all sorts of locations, including our own work....
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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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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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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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How To Develop an Editorial Calendar
Photo/link by A Grande Life http://agrandelife.net/how-to-make-an-editorial-calendar-free-template/ Every working writer should know how to create an editorial calendar. Several different types of...
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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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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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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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Launches, Dockets, and Lingering Projects
Once upon a time there was a raw writer who dreamed of having a marvelously exciting and successful career. She took advantage of each lesson in the craft that passed her way (assuming she could...
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