Monthly Archives: November 2022

Every child is an artist. The problem is how we remain an artist once we grow up.”Pablo Picasso OK, I have to admit that today was not a banner day writing-wise. No matter what my good intentions were, I just … Continue reading →

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out.”  Dee Hock, Founder of Visa Getting old thoughts out of our mind so new ones can flow in — who … Continue reading →

To an Isle in the Water Shy one, shy oneShy one of my heart,She moves in the firelightPensively apart. She carries in the dishes,And lays them in a row.To an isle in the waterWith her I would go. She carries … Continue reading →

Desire + Support + Deadline = Success As a NaNoWriMo winner (she’s written 50,000-word novels every November for years), Kyrce Swenson knows about staying motivated. Here’s some advice she passed on a while ago on that we can all use, … Continue reading →

Easy reading is damned hard writing.”   Nathaniel Hawthorne “You know, I’ve read your last story, and I ought to have returned it weeks ago. It isn’t right. It’s almost right. It almost works. But not quite. You are too … Continue reading →

“Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources….the human individual lives usually … Continue reading →

“Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources….the human individual lives usually … Continue reading →

Here’s something I’ve learned during my years of freelancing that I’ve found very helpful in my creative writing: the importance of taking time to decompress, relax, and renew. As a freelancer in marketing communications, I worked on a project basis. … Continue reading →

The usual masculine disillusionment is in discovering that a woman has a brain.”Margaret Mitchell Margaret Mitchell’s birthday. Creator of Gone with the Wind, is coming up! She was born on November 8, 1900. In her honor, I’m sharing the inside story … Continue reading →

Peace Peace flows into me As the tide to the pool by the shore; It is mine forevermore, It will not ebb like the sea. I am the pool of blue That worships the vivid sky; My hopes were heaven-high, … Continue reading →