Monthly Archives: October 2024

I love Halloween! I can’t wait to see all the kids on my street in their cute costumes. I’ve seen fairies, princesses, and even an adorable walking dictionary! And speaking of Halloween, here’s a heart-warming story about the power of … Continue reading →

“The secret to becoming a writer is to write, write, and keep on writing.”Ken MacLeod Sounds simple, doesn’t it? And yet a thousand dragons seem to rear their heads to keep us from doing what we need to do: write, … Continue reading →

“Thirty days and nights of literary abandon! No plot? No problem!”NaNoWriMo  A heads up for anyone who’s been noodling around a novel project: National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo) is fast approaching. November isn’t all voting, turkey, stuffing, … Continue reading →

“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It’s a strengthening of his powers of accomplishments.” Eric Butterworth is widely known as one of the fathers of motivational speaking … Continue reading →

Autumn The morns are meeker than they were,The nuts are getting brown;The berry’s cheek is plumper,The rose is out of town. The maple wears a gayer scarf,The field a scarlet gown.Lest I should be old-fashioned,I’ll put a trinket on. Emily … Continue reading →

“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”John Barrymore John Barrymore is considered one of the most thrilling, chilling Shakespearean actors of all time. Here’s a great story about his huge success on Broadway playing Hamlet: … Continue reading →

“To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”Anne Rice “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”F. Scott Fitzgerald This November, tens of thousands of people around the world will take part in … Continue reading →

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.”   Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde is a favorite of mine. Perhaps its his amazing range: He could go from 0 to 60 in a heartbeat, from the wicked humor of The Importance of Being … Continue reading →

Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time, waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in. Delay is instinctive with him. He waits for the surge (of emotion? of strength? of courage?) … Continue reading →

“When you follow your bliss…doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.” Joseph Campbell, mythologist Beaming ourselves into the realm of bliss—what a fabulous way … Continue reading →