The Write Place to Be
Morning pages are part of my daily ritual and have been for over 15 years. It started with my introduction to writing my own affirmations and progressed to the Artist Way. But that seems to be the only thing that stuck for me. The Artist Date, well, I never quite carved out the time [...]
Take It or Leave It I can take it or leave, is a common expression many of us have used about one thing or another. That is unless, it’s an offensive word is said to, or about our physical self or behavior. It’s then we take it rather than leave it and it becomes ours. [...]
This morning I woke up with nothing in particular on my mind, but a million thoughts floating My e-newsletter from the Domino Project about the latest book and the above video. It was like an impossible answered prayer If you have ever stumbled with speaking your voice, watch this video! You’ll see why! And an [...]
Today’s quotable writing prompt Writing is the hardest way to earn a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but WORDS will never hurt me! In a literal sense, this should be true. But words spoken or held back often fuel the deepest pains. A huge, lingering fear of many is of what others think of us. It is human nature to want to be liked [...]
When I look into his eyes, I see an awesome young man with gorgeous green eyes. I see hope and promise and success and accomplishment and happiness and intelligence and humor. I see his future clearly written. While the eyes are the windows to our souls, why is it that we cannot see that for [...]
It is such an honor to have a guest post for my launch of Virtual Web Writer, from a woman who has become not only a mentor but a friend across this virtual divide. We have never met face-to-face, yet Suzette has been so inspirational to me has I forge ahead in this writing [...]
Currently on my bookshelf, alongside my Kindle,I am reading “Writer with a Day Job” – Inspirations & Exercises to Help You Craft a Writing Life Alongside Your Career by Aine Greaney. Right from the beginning there is a no nonsense attitude of how we “get it wrong” and we need an attitudinal shift to be [...]
Writing for the web is about being a wordsmith. The art of composing words for a complex, interconnected, structure of people and places. It is the ability to write for specific audiences, search engines, and short, quick stops. It is writing, strategy, marketing, psychology, and business. – All rolled into one. Words written several years [...]
Our creative muses reside in our right brain, and we use this hemisphere, most often, for writing, ideas, and stories. Our internal editors, (or Internal Critic, as I like to call it) reside in our left brain, and we use this hemisphere for editing. Simply put, we use our right brain for writing and our [...]
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