Monthly Archives: March 2015

Quietly Satisfying

Posted on March 19, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.” Lorraine Hansberry “What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it. What another would have … Continue reading →

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Leprechaun Alert

Posted on March 18, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

Ah, those impish leprechauns! They sent me this story late on St. Patrick’s Day via my dear friend, Janis Quinn. Since I’m posting this at 11 PM my time, it’s still officially March 17 here, so I feel only a … Continue reading →

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Write Away

Posted on March 17, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” Guillaume Apollinaire Whenever I turn around, I see an article or news item that confirms what we all know: Writing can be life-changing — … Continue reading →

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Playing Around

Posted on March 16, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

We’ve all been there: We feel stuck, blocked, uncreative, unable to move forward on the page. At a recent Write Group session called “Having Fun with Writer’s Block,” Michelle Cameron, co-director of The Writers Circle, offered helpful advice for freeing … Continue reading →

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Something Wonderful

Posted on March 14, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

Kite weather will soon be here! In anticipation of its balmy joys, a poem from Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne: Wind on the Hill No one can tell me, Nobody knows Where the wind comes from Where the … Continue reading →

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Place Power

Posted on March 13, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“Fiction depends on its life for place.” “Fiction is properly at work in the here and now.” Eudora Welty “The work of a novelist is making fake biography.” Philip Roth “If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know … Continue reading →

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Getting Unstuck

Posted on March 12, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

We’ve all been there: Found ourselves stymied by a paragraph or a scene, unable to bring it to life: We feel stuck, sluggish, blocked. What to do? What to do? I just came across an intriguing technique for overcoming writer’s … Continue reading →

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Your Belief

Posted on March 11, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.” William James In a TV interview, actor and director Clint Eastwood said something that I’ve never forgotten. When someone asked him how he … Continue reading →

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Book Angel

Posted on March 10, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“I’m the most emotional and passionate about getting kids reading in late elementary and early middle school because if they don’t, how are they going to get through high school?” James Patterson Anyone who’s passionate and emotional about putting books … Continue reading →

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Cracking Open

Posted on March 9, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

“We think in sentences, and the way we think is the way we see. If we think in the structure subject/verb/direct-object, then that is how we form our world. By cracking open that syntax, we release energy and are able … Continue reading →

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