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June is for Writing
I am so glad to see that others who write have their unconscious hangups! Thank you all who answered my query. I used to be a “like” person…as in “her thoughts were like oatmeal..” I got over that only...
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Are You Your Main Character?
Since I am so into writing at the moment, I have a question for all of you writers/thinking about writing/someday maybe writers. When you write, are you the main character? Do you have any connection...
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What Have You Been Up To?
Well, my friends, happy Monday Evening. It has been a busy week…highs and lows. I’m sure the same for you. Today’s blog will be one of catching up (like you are interested in my ups and downs). But...
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Bloggers Are A Unique Breed
I think that a lot of the time bloggers spill their secrets to their followers so they can get whatever it is out of their system. You can’t see the facial responses or audio cues through this two...
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Let’s Fly Together!
Sometimes, when I get in that groove, that unusual, special groove that you can’t always find, I feel like I’m flying. I know it won’t last long, and that it will come again, but it definitely is a...
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Don’t Sweat the Changes, Dog!
A funny thing happened on the way to writing my third book. I’ve had book One and Two done for like ever — the first one for 15 years, the second for maybe 8. I’m not published; I’ve sent the ideas out...
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I’m Going For It
I’m going down in a blaze of glory Take me now but know the truth ~ JON BON JOVI, Blaze of Glory Lyrics @ Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. Have you ever gone for it…put...
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How Do You Know What To Write?
I have to be careful this sounds like a helpful post and not a journal entry. Do you ever confuse the two? I have read blogs that read like journals, rambling thoughts, working out problems,...
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Making Dreams Reality
What are we if not our dreams? Are we any less because our dreams did not come true? It depends on our dreams. If we dreamed that one day we would be out of a particular situation and finally be happy...
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The Way Sagittarians Think about Paris
Last month I wrote a blog called Making Dreams Reality, about a pipe dream I have/had about spending a week in Paris next year at a writer’s workshop. You know that daydream —...
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Keeping On Point When You Blog
Even though I’m not much of a writer on the day-job side of my life, I do try and keep up with advice, thoughts, and suggestions from professionals across the board. Today I received a newsletter from...
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Proofreed Everything!
I got soooo ticked off the other day. I want to finish proofing/editing my first book so I can: make it into an e-book try a publisher sell it through my website throw it in the garbage So I’m going...
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Chatting With Spirit Guides
I have a few spirit guides I call on now and then for advice. Usually it’s for writing. Sometimes it’s to talk out ideas about travel or how to gather information or how to process something artsy. I...
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It Has To Be Right
I want everything to be right. Perfect. I’m not a perfectionist by any stretch of the imagination. Sagittarians are pretty scattered to begin with, and I take the swirly path a lot further than most....
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Decisions … Decisions
This weekend is my annual pilgrimage to Irishfest, a four-day festival of Irish music, American beer, and Irish hearts. I love to say that my mother was Irish — which she was — although she was of the...
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Write Em Cowboy
I am starting to work in earnest on my upcoming blog series “So You Want To Write A Book.” (or some other wonderfully colorful fictitious title). I think it will be informative and helpful to readers...
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My Creative Muse Is At It Again
nikitaliskov Happy Monday creative muses! Last week I told you that, for various reasons, I will not be going to Paris next fall to write. Which is just fine. Just as I accepted that fact, my creative...
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I AM My Character … and That’s Okay
I had an epiphany earlier this evening. I find that if I let my mind spew then wander, I answer my own questions, find my own direction again. The other day I was sooo concerned about writing...
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Random Thoughts and Flat Apple Pie
~ The ‘Let’s Write That Book!’ blog series is starting Sunday, November 17th — not 16th — as this editor realized. And I’m the one heading the series …. sheeh…. ~ Second wonderful day of retirement...
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Let’s Write That Book! — PreWriting Considerations Part I
Alrightie, writers. Let’s take a look at some outside basics. Length of your book. Now, I’m not an editor. Publisher. E-Book guru. But this is Basic Writing 101. Things you should know up front. This...
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