Stealing Time for Creativity
A couple of weeks ago, I had to spend the morning in a hospital waiting room while a loved one had a procedure done. I knew it wasn’t going to be a huge… Read More
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500 Club (3.21.13)
Hello Thursday! The season is changing once again. The kids are getting ready for their Spring Break. A great time for new ideas and creative thoughts. Hopefully today’s prompts will help set them… Read More
Stray Sparks: The Bad
It might seem counter intuitive, but bad times can be good times for spark catching. Take this past weekend. No, really. Please do. As I mentioned yesterday, I had some dental torture work done… Read More
5 Things To Do While You Wait
Part of the writing life is waiting. Not always a fun part, but a necessary part nonetheless. We wait for inspiration. We wait for ideas. We wait for the right words. We wait… Read More
Confessional Classic: That Is The Question
This week we’re reaching back into the archives. I originally wrote this post in January of last year. Coming up on January of a new year, I find it’s still true. I hope… Read More
Do I dare disturb the universe?
In August, I was fortunate enough to hear Laurie Halse Anderson give the closing address at the SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles. She titled her talk, “Do I dare disturb the universe?”… Read More
How Will You Respond?
I’m supposed to be posting about writing, but instead I’m reading the news out of Norway. And I’m angry. I could express that anger here, say a lot of hateful things about those… Read More
Creativity: Does it just come to you, or do you have to go after it with a club?
by Rowena Cory Daniels In Mark McGuinness’s post on What Makes a Creative Person? he says the idea that a creative person is special is a myth. And he comes up with three… Read More
Releasing Expectations
The other day I had the doors open to enjoy the gorgeous weather. A moth flew inside, apparently had a change of heart, and fluttered back against the door to escape. I waited for… Read More
February Confession
I’m sitting in a cafe. It’s a blustery day and the news is of snow in the midwest and turmoil in the Middle East. I’ve just finished rewriting a chapter of my WiP.… Read More
