As we continue to strive, we seek those stories that we simply have to tell; and we study, so that we have the knowledge we need to tell them. Then we practice, so that we can tell them the best…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Dear Holiday Heroes: Thank You
Heroes come in many forms. Teachers shoulder a huge responsibility to impact the younger generation in a positive way. Nurses work too many hours to provide care for the sick and injured. Law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics and other rescue…
Procrastinate to Fuel Your Writing, Tip #1: Chocolate Wars
Some insist procrastination is a dirty word. But I say, “One writer’s procrastination is another writer’s research.” Have you ever left your keyboard in search of a snack, and found yourself staring at the inside of the fridge (for the…
Reading and Creating
As you read a book word by word and page by page, you participate in its creation, just as a cellist playing a Bach suite participates, note by note, in the creation, the coming-to-be, the existence, of the music. And,…
Tagged with: creativity, importance of reading, power of words, reading quote, Ursula K. Le Guin
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
Saying “Yes” to Saying “No”
Today is my last day as webmaster for SouthWest Writers (SWW). Tomorrow I’ll begin a semi-sabbatical for the remainder of the year. Not a rest from everything, just from taking on new responsibilities. A sabbatical, I suppose, from saying “yes.”…
Tagged with: encouragement to write, just write, the write attitude, writing commitment
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
Book Review: Apocalypta Z by Maer Wilson
Apocalypta Z by Maer Wilson A Book Review by Carol Holland March This is one of the few zombie books I have read recently since generally I am turned off by the blood and gore and the lurid descriptions of…
Tagged with: Carol Holland March, dystopian fiction, zombie apocalypse, zombie fiction
Posted in Book Reviews
Posted in Book Reviews
Why Writers Write: Kathy Kitts
by Kathy Kitts In Poets & Writers Magazine, they have a column titled “Why We Write.” I enjoy reading what the guest authors have to say and how they interpret the questions. Today, I would like to respond. I believe…
Tagged with: K. Eisert, Kathy Kitts, KL Wagoner, the reader is always right, truth in story, writer's responsibility, writing truths
Posted in The Writing Life
Posted in The Writing Life
Creativity: Crushing and Glorious
Creativity is a crushing chore and a glorious mystery. The work wants to be made, and it wants to be made through you. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
Tagged with: creativity, creativity quotes, Elizabeth Gilbert quote, power of words
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
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