(Caveat: Any similarities of characters in this fairy tale to persons living or dead is purely coincidental and should be considered figments of the reader’s imagination.) Once upon a time, there was […]
Make Your Art No Matter What
I just finished Beth Pickens’ book, and that has led me to begin this post. I haven’t written for quite some time, probably because I got so little response for what I […]
One Writer’s Prayer
Let the words flow from my pen as the river flows to the sea. Let them be straight and true, a light in the darkness, illuminating, revealing treasures always present but only […]
The Voice in my Head
The running commentary by the voice in my head has always been a part of me, and perhaps the one thing that has singled out my existence. None of my childhood friends […]
Finding Purpose
Boy, I really don’t know where the words are going this morning. Not into a blog, for sure. Which makes me question once again my motivation for having a blog in the […]
It’s All Story
Working on my Nano story this morning, actually struggling with the words like many others it seems, and it occurs to me that it’s all story. Life, that is. Life is just […]
Battling the inner critic
I’m writing this morning – not my Nano novel, yet, but still putting words on the page, and that’s what’s important. It’s amazing to me when I have a task, a goal […]
Just Curious
Sometimes I Feel Like Deck Furniture In An Alaskan Winter
There is a certain amount of irony in my writing these words; my premise is simply that there are too many words being bandied about these days. We are being buried […]
Life Goes On . . .
November has come and gone and with it, this year’s Nanowrimo. For the past month it’s been a mindful daily activity to sit down and put words on paper. For me this […]