It is quite possible that as a writer, you are juggling a lot of writing balls. You might be working on your novel. You might have an assignment due for a magazine. Or perhaps you are trying to get a short story written for a contest deadline. You have all of this plus what life […]
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Get Busy Writing
For many of us, writing is a passion. We observe, daydream, jot notes, and become lost in our worlds. Then we come to the paper or the computer and bring those worlds to fruition. We are storytellers. We are artists. Yet, even if we are in the middle of writing and a friend or family […]
A Haiku a Day
NaNoWriMo is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it is just too big. Even the pages of Book-in-a-Week can sometimes feel daunting. Fortunately, there are plenty of other, smaller scale, challenges that can make a huge difference to your writing. When I started my Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, one of […]
Writing Insights from Florida
Greetings from Florida We arrived in Florida in mid-July. The weather was unbearably hot and humid–mid-90’s and within 48 hours of our arrival, everything went pear shaped. First, the job my husband was promised and that we traveled three thousand miles for, evaporated faster than butter in a hot frying pan. Second, the apartment we […]
Leaving Your Comfort Zone
“Why would anyone ever want to leave their comfort zone? That’s the best place to be.” A former coworker said that to me after I placed Neale Donald Walsch‘s quote on my desk: “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” For many years beforehand, I held the same belief as her. I was […]
