How fitting that I begin a new writing journal on my 9-year anniversary. This day also marks the completion of the preliminary book section submissions to Createspace. I’ve completed all of the questionnaires for the Createspace design teams: interior design, cover design, and media press release. I never dreamed there would be so many pieces [...]
“Mom, can you edit this please?” My daughter mumbles from behind the glowing apple on her Mac computer. “Sure.” I answer. An attachment pops up in my email with a poem she has recently retrieved from her high school writing folder. I’ve got just the right picture for this. I rummage through my sister-in-law’s Hawaii [...]
My mother tells a story of sneaking in late at night as a teen. She climbs in through a window and feels her way down a hallway smothered by darkness. Down, down, down the walls her hands grope, one over the other until just before she reaches her bedroom. Ah, almost there. She exhales. Then [...]
Although I resist this cultural compulsion towards self-promotion, as a writer who aspires to publish, I must put my words out there in ways that often feel so self-indulgent. What a conundrum. Conundrum: a confusing or difficult problem ▪ He is faced with the conundrum [=dilemma] of trying to find a job without experience. ▪ an ethical conundrum (Merriam-Webster’s LEARNER’S DICTIONARY) Ask [...]
We live in a culture that extols the macro—very large in scale, scope or capability. We laud our idols who flash across our television screens. We stand in awe of those who lead the way in grand scale altruism. Their efforts to end world hunger cause us to sink into our cozy couches and think, I’d [...]
I’ve been on a self-imposed fast from creating art; I mean the non-digital kind. I purposefully ceased sketching, scrapbooking, designing floral arrangements, and trying to paint (Although this art form captivates me, all of my attempts have failed miserably). The demands of my workweek left little time for artful puttering. I had also determined to [...]
There are defining moments in our lives when the world screeches to a halt and lets us proceed along the crosswalk of our dreams. This happened to me last weekend at the Writer’s Digest Conference in New York. The conference exceeded my expectations. The presenters’ information covered topics needed for writers to publish in any [...]
I wonder what happens to the soul of a writer when the writer turns outward too much? Do readers miss substance and quality? Do we writers forsake a part of our identity when we become both author and entrepreneur? Today’s modern Renaissance writer must be as aptly gifted with platform building as word penning. With [...]
There is a gift in touching human hearts with your words. Brief, perhaps, but special just the same. Someone’s gratitude expressed for what you’ve written makes you smile. Perhaps this gift is what fuels us bloggers to devote incalculable hours to crafting just the right post for just the right time. We enjoy another’s “ah [...]
I received an unexpected gift today, the gift of time. This writer’s dream came true. A awoke to my neighborhood covered in snow. The gift? Our school district decided on an extra day of holiday vacation for safety sake. So I nestled on the couch warmed by the crackling fire. The words poured forth for [...]
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