Sunday Reflections Imagine a world where our climate is controlled by our temperament. Our happiness would warm the world up and our mourning would make the temperatures more frigid. What temp would anger bring? It’s interesting. It reminds me of Persephone and her mother, Demeter. It’s an interesting myth that explains the seasons. When PersephoneContinue reading “Climate Change and Our Temperament”
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The Triptych
“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.” ~ Ernest Hemingway **Novel Update** I’m trying to figure out an ending. Or if it is the end? I don’t know. We may never know. I’ve got 56 thousandContinue reading “The Triptych”
Will to Rebuild
I had my first gym session since I got Covid in December on Monday. Which means I have to rebuild muscles. I was not doing much exercise which isn’t like me at all. I at the least do home workouts when I can’t make the gym. But the last couple months I just chilled. What’sContinue reading “Will to Rebuild”
I Got a Creative Spark Today
Great ideas that come up while you’re not expecting them are the greatest gift ever. As writers, we could be staring at a blank screen for hours one day and then the next day during our usual editing session an amazing idea pops in like a bolt of lightening. Let me tell you how itContinue reading “I Got a Creative Spark Today”
Sharing my Inspiration
I’m hoping tomorrow is full of productivity. It feels best when I get a lot done on Monday’s because I feel like it sets me up for a good week ahead. I know tomorrow will be a decent writing day because I got a good idea for my novel. It’s a small detail that IContinue reading “Sharing my Inspiration”
Dear Author
A letter from your characters Dear author, I am a living breathing human being. I’m not your show horse! I need thoughts and some external stimulation. I need you to give me something to solve or avoid solving by solving something else until I realize the true importance of what I was supposed to beContinue reading “Dear Author”
Stepping Out of Your Story and Embracing the Powerlessness of Someone Else’s
For the Conscious Writer The great thing about writing you’re own stories is that we have a good idea about what is going to happen. What can be interesting is when we have to leave our stories and gain that sense of powerlessness when we enter into someone else’s story There’s two aspects to this,Continue reading “Stepping Out of Your Story and Embracing the Powerlessness of Someone Else’s”
A Letter to My Characters
For the Conscious Writer Dear Characters, I’m am here. I will always be here forever and always. I will learn and know each and every part of you and help you bloom into the person that you were always meant to be. No matter what choice you make, no matter how many times you fail,Continue reading “A Letter to My Characters”
On Writing
On Writing- Old Wounds and Your Characters’ Decision Making Photo by Taisiia Stupak on Unsplash When writing a character, it’s the wounds that guide their decision making. Unless something divine intervenes, when the character is left to make their own decisions, that decision must be made with their old wounds in mind. Whether it makes them use courageContinue reading “On Writing”
Show Up and Bare it All
On Writing Photo by Jorik Kleen on Unsplash When you look at a writer’s work, you can’t look at one piece and know the whole artist. One piece of work is just a bleep on the radar. Especially in today’s world. You can’t just look at one post, or one blog, or one short story, poem, whatever. YouContinue reading “Show Up and Bare it All”
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