I am up to my elbows in elephants and alligators or several large projects. Large projects with lots of words, whoopensocker words. What’s that? Read on.
Category: Writing
Set Yourself on Fire for 2013
It’s a new year and many of you have set ambitious goals or resolutions. Here are some thoughts on how you might actually meet those goals this year. Maybe you’ll set yourself on fire and exceed your goals. The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. – Nelson… Continue reading Set Yourself on Fire for 2013
Art Glass Lessons for Writing
The earliest known manmade glass is in the form of Egyptian beads from between 2750 and 2625 BC. My interest in art glass (more commonly known as stained glass) doesn’t go back that far, but it goes back more than a few years. I have always loved the way sunlight brings a stained glass piece… Continue reading Art Glass Lessons for Writing
Be a Child
My DH and I were talking at dinner the other night about our lives as creative types and differences in the ways we perceive things. As is often the case, our discussion covered a wide range of possibles from the highly sensitive person to the mundanes who don’t understand us to the different modes of… Continue reading Be a Child
A Home Grown Power Plotting Weekend
In my not so humble opinion, character’s and their distinct voices are strong among my writing talents. But plotting stories — not so much. Having been a pantser from day one of my writing career, the plot has been a second or third step. I carved a plot slowly, one excruciating revision after another. So… Continue reading A Home Grown Power Plotting Weekend