Many of you know that I’m a writer. Some of you may not know. I’m hoping if you’re read this blog/website that you’ve kind of put 2 and 2 together and figured I write. Sometimes I like to babble about things, sometimes I vent, sometimes I just want to share. Mostly I love to write and I’ll write about anything & everything. I have written … Continue reading Writing: Discovering the Love Again
As a writer, I try keep my worlds separate: the make believe world of my novels and the reality of my real life. Sometimes, I am inspired by real world things and create make believe worlds out of that inspiration. Confusing? Yes. When I started Barfly, I was inspired by the song “Barfly” by Ray Lamontagne. I named the novel after that song. The lyrics … Continue reading Figments of the Imagination
I’ve been reading various agents, editors, publishers, writers, etc discussing NaNoWriMo. This is just an inspiration update…a feel good entry…maybe, I’ll just call this entry FEEL GOOD DRAG (stolen from a song title by Anberlin) I wrote 2100 works today. 400 more than my goal. Go me! We’ll see how tomorrow goes. I loose steam about a week or two into NaNoWriMo. Once I get … Continue reading Feel Good
So today was the start of a new agenda & goal which is technically an old agenda & goal. Confusing, I know. I did write today, scrapped every bit of words I typed last night and started over. Gave me a word count of only 200 plus today. I stared at my word count chart in disbelief. Yes technically I wrote more than 200, I … Continue reading Inspired by Stephen Fogg
As my dear friend Adrienne screams when she’s doing a shot that she shouldn’t do, “Ow, my life!” Not that my life is in “Ow” It’s very far from “ow.” It’s actually a great life. I have great friends and a great family. I have a great job that I enjoy going to daily. Life is good. I think “Ow, my life,” when I have … Continue reading To the Lust of the Life
As a writer and as a person who creates, I’ve tried to surround myself with people who are supportive of my creativity. Friends and family often always offer support of various levels and then there are the souls of people who lift you above and carry you through times of staring at blank screens and empty canvases. You don’t notice them immediately. You may never … Continue reading A Gift from Two Beautiful Souls
My niece is here with me tonight. She’s my polar opposite in the zodiac world. I’m a Scorpio and she’s a Taurus, but she’s so like me in so many ways. She’s creative, loves music, and has a hunger for knowledge that cannot be satiated. While I sat writing in The Dumbing Down of Love she asked me what I was doing. I told her … Continue reading Challenging a Young Mind