Sometimes it amazes me how easy it is to just get busy. And how in getting busy we let other things, things that are important to us, slide out of focus. This blog is one of them. Focusing on getting the first several pages of my manuscript in proper condition
Keep Reading ... →“For it is one thing to see the land of peace from a wooded ridge . . . and another to tread the road that leads to it.”
Keep Reading ... →Last night I came across some words on a post-it note. After staring at them for a time, wondering why they were written there, where they had come from, I remembered it was the message in some little newspaper where the reader had to rearrange the words or some such
Keep Reading ... →A few days ago I posted about a pitch I was afraid to do, well, I’ve done it! And I didn’t faint, and my leg didn’t thump like it was trying to outdo Bambi’s Thumper, and I only tripped over my words a time or two. I didn’t get much feedback on the plot
Keep Reading ... →Over a month ago I wrote a post that talked about the way some simple impression can be the spark to new creation. It also talked about my seeming inability to let my creativity flow in new directions while trying to edit my novel. Now that the editing is on pause while
Keep Reading ... →If you’re like me, you often have somewhere in the back of your mind (and often in the front) the desire to grow, to be a better person, to improve upon the person you once were and become the person you want to be. Over the years, you can look
Keep Reading ... →The question my post title asks isn’t much of a question anymore. I’ve signed up for Halifax’s Pitch the Publisher at The Word on the Street . . . and I’m scared. Basically how this works is that each ‘pitcher’ pitches in front of a panel of three publishers and an audience (I wasn’t
Keep Reading ... →I sat down to write today and felt like I had nothing but that I needed to write anyway, not just to try to meet a quota but because although I had a very positive and productive day I also had a very busy and draining day. I read a
Keep Reading ... →I watched a movie last night, East of Eden, that largely dealt with the idea of people being either good or bad. I’m sure it was partly the time period but it struck me as amusing, childish, and sad that the characters seemed to have such black and white ideas of goodness
Keep Reading ... →I read a quote by Deepak Chopra today of wisdom he had heard from Nelson Mandela: “Having resentment against someone is like drinking poison and thinking it will kill your enemy.” A truthful thought, a seemingly obvious thought, one I’ve heard in many ways many times before, but one I so often
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