Stephen King states that a true writer is one who writes every and each day. He says he considers said writer talented should anyone have ever paid them for their work. So if you receive a check in your mailbox (if that's even how it's done anymore) congrats. Meanwhile, I sit here, writing in a …
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You’re So Vain You Probably Think This Character Is You: Writing Enemies In Your Work
We've all experienced amazing friendships. You hang out, you talk not just about every day life but your inner secrets you only trust to them, and you share not just classes, interests but hardships, too. They get into a car accident? You're right there on the scene to drive them home after their totaled car …
Quills and Quiet
That, my friends, is a hedgehog, an animal I've come to cherish, adore, and relate to on the highest of spiritual levels since obtaining my own as a pet, my prickly pear Stella Luna. Before taking in one as my own, I felt like a hedgehog could easily fit into my collection of totem animals, …
To Write Or Not To Write: Which Is Right?
Don't worry, this early in the morning I had to put careful thought into this title. I wanted to post today due to a trip my husband I will be making tomorrow throughout the weekend; Jekyll Island, Georgia, and no, we're not meeting a Mr. Hyde. My coworkers think they are clever for coming up …
Heights and Horcruxes
They say do something that terrifies you every day. I don't know who "they" are or where they get off on giving this suspicious piece of advice but we all have to admit when you encounter a situation that speeds up the heart and spikes your blood with jittery adrenaline, it reminds us how alive …
Short Stories Galore
Anne Lamont writes in her how-to-write book, Bird by Bird, (if you haven't read this, find it NOW, one of the most important books I read about writing) that the only thing we can do to write is to get started, no matter how shitty the first draft is, because all first drafts are essentially …
Not a Choice, But a Calling
Good morning, Lovelies, or afternoon/evening, whenever you find it fit to crawl out of bed on a Saturday. Doing a little bit of a mental getaway in the town of Roswell, GA, while the husband is doing a bit of clinic work for his job. Offered for me to keep the car, to go …
Seedling: Now Available!
Good day, Lovelies! It's finally happened: I have self-published my longtime work, Seedling, via Amazon as an ebook/kindle! https://www.amazon.com/Seedling-First-Installment-Bloody-Rose-ebook/dp/B01GNFW6OS?ie=UTF8&refRID=0VQ7EKX6W9606JFF8RZA&ref_=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_1 True, I have spoken about making this my debut work to locate a working agent and publishing house to be published with the big timers, however, I believe I have other projects that will prove to …