Intentions and Showing Up -Redux

Getting Ready to Write Somewhere in my writing life I realized getting ready to write preceded the actual sitting down and putting pen to paper (historical reference #1). In the early days of my writing career, it was claiming a place to write. Over the years it has...

Bored and Restless 2022- 5 Antidotes

Bored? Restless? This has been a topic I’ve struggled with. A few years ago I wrote about it and now I find it’s popping up again on regular ordinary days. Time to review my experiences and take my own advice. I’ve often been pretty quick to say, “I...

A Writer’s Tapestry

“Tapestry of  a Writer”  adapted by Ethel Lee-Miller I am a writer’s tapestry Weaving all experiences, feelings, encounters. Discovering, choosing, being shown words, phrases, sentences Creating images of stories, poetry, essays, and books To delight,...

Be a Writing Detective

Sometimes, not very often, I want to just sit down and write. There’s no deadline, no story to polish, no workshop script to write. I just want to doodle along and see what comes. Being Creative in Writing Other creative writing comes from my Snippets pad that...

A Jewel in the Crown of “Show Don’t Tell”

I get a Lit Hub email  from Literary Hub every day. When I first subscribed I intended to read it each and every day. Well so much for those self -improvement promises.  I used to save the dailies, sometimes for two weeks at a time. When I finally read past the items...