I have a confession to make. I have not been writing very much this past month or so. Sure I’d get some work done, but it was difficult. Even as I approached a cool scene that I was *Really* looking forward to, when the time came, I just…couldn’t. And I felt bad about that. Spoiler …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: If you haven’t already done so, check out Dave Robison’s North Pond Monologues Thing #2: Today is a day to find the music that really moves you and turn it up to 11 Thing …
This was not the post I had originally scheduled for today. I try and compose these ahead of time and – for the most part – that works in my favor. I had Today’s post written and scheduled before the election had been called. What a difference most of a day makes. There may still …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: In the same way that “Easy” isn’t the same as “Simple,” “Hard” isn’t the same thing as “Difficult.” Thing #2: Related to last week’s post: While the sudden appearance of a spider is unsettling, …
As I’m typing this we are a mere handful of days from what could arguably called the most important election in our history. I spent a lot of time trying to come up with a different blog post for this week, but it kept coming back to this one thing. Let your Voice be heard. …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: The Border Collie has figured out that when she stands by the door, I’ll take her outside. Now, when she wants out – for any reason at all – she’ll stand by the door. …
About a month ago, I decided that I wanted to explore various bits of well-known writing advice and try and articulate what each one means to me. I’ll note now, and I should have noted this in the beginning, that nothing in here is anything that I’d call a “Rule.” If you find that this …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: It’s been looking like Fall for a while now. Only yesterday was it beginning to smell like fall. You know, that leafy smell. It’s not unpleasant, but it does herald the onset of late …
Three weeks ago, I decided that I wanted to explore various bits of well-known writing advice and try and articulate what each one means to me. I’ll note now, and I should have noted this in the beginning that nothing in here is anything that I’d call a “Rule.” If you find that this works …
Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1: It’s easy to lose focus under the guise of Multitasking. Thing #2: Now, more than ever, take some time to unplug and step away from it for a little while. Thing #3: There are …