Monthly Archives: September 2022

Sometimes we forget that life is’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. And to get where we want to go, we need to take one step at a time. We can get anything we want if we just keep going! Here … Continue reading →

Something Told the Wild Geese Rachel Field Something told the wild geeseIt was time to go.Though the fields lay goldenSomething whispered, — “Snow.” Leaves were green and stirring,  Berries, luster-glossed,But beneath warm feathers  Something cautioned, — “Frost.” All the sagging … Continue reading →

“Evil is not something superhuman, it’s something less than human.” “These little grey cells. It is up to them.”Agatha Christie Author alert: Agatha Christie is the bestselling novelist of all time. Most widely known for her 66 detective novels and … Continue reading →

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” T.S. Eliot Love this! For me, it calls to mind my major push to get my George Washington story about September ll, 1776 … Continue reading →

And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.”      Pablo Neruda “COLLECT WORDS! Buy your own dictionary. Read your dictionary every day. CIRCLE exciting words. The more words you know, the better you will be able to … Continue reading →

“Half my life is an act of revision.” John Irving Since rewriting is such a big issue for us as writers, some fuel for thought from other seasoned revisers might inspire us all: “Books aren’t written—they’re rewritten. Including your own. … Continue reading →

“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.” James Michener “I love that part; that’s the best part, revision. I do it even after the books are bound! Thinking about it before you write it is delicious. … Continue reading →

Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an orchard for a dome. Some keep the Sabbath in surplus e, I just wear my wings, And instead of … Continue reading →

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” Horace (65-8 B. C.) Horace was a poet and satirist. You can pick up a book of his poems written centuries ago and still find … Continue reading →

From “A Year of Living Consciously” by Gay Hendricks: “Babe Ruth said, ‘Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.’ And he should know—in the course of hitting all those home runs, he also struck out more than … Continue reading →