Boosting Creativity Sometimes it’s good to get out of the house. Julia Cameron, in her famous book on creativity, The Artist’s Way, suggests taking an “artist’s date”. Explore a museum.…
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The Muddle in the Middle I haven’t posted in a while. I gave myself a deadline for finishing the second draft of my novel, and then life happened. Nothing serious,…
Word cloud made with WordItOut In a World… I’m taking a short break from revising (I’ve gotten through the first five chapters!) to work on my blurb. That’s the catchy description…
Rewriting for “Pantsers” If you write by the seat of your pants instead of carefully outlining, rewriting can be difficult. I’m revising a first draft that I merrily wrote without…
Taking the next step I’ve been invited to join a writing group and I’m both excited and scared. I’ve technically been part of a writing group for years, but we’re…
Goals that conflict with each other For most of my adult life I have had two major goals: 1, get down to and maintain a healthy weight and 2, become…
People judge books by their covers As a Librarian, I stare at hundreds of book covers a day, not only in our collection but in book review journals, online reviews,…
Hybrid writers, the writing business and my own plans I just read an article in Writer’s Digest (2/2014) by Chuck Wendig about “hybrid publishing”. This is where an author pursues…
Home-made felt gifts I had a blast making things after reading the book “Big Little Felt Universe” by Jeanette Lin. I made a hammer and a slice of cake from…
“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Beuler Solstice candle tradition It sometimes takes losing something to…
