From Nadia Colburn’s 31+ Day Meditation and Writing Course, Day 21: Write about some way you have felt different or you feel different and how that can be seen as a strength, perhaps something you didn’t see before as a strength. MY BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN When I was young, I wasn’t cool or cute or sought … Read More →
Day 2 of January Writing Challenge: Write about what you take in and what you can get rid of. What nourishes you, and what you can let go. Use words – bodies, cinnamon, fulfillment, nameless, floating, cattails LETTING GO In the sixth decade of my life I’ve learned to drink it all in That everyone … Read More →
Day three of January writing challenge…  I loved the Clifton poem and rope imagery and the writing prompt. Thank you for another inspiring lesson! How do you imagine your journey of life and how do you want to represent it? ROUTE 66 As I travel to my next destination I wonder how long until … Read More →
From Nadia Colburn’s 31+ Day Meditation and Writing Course, Day 14 Prompts: GRASS CHILD OLD MOUTHS DEATH MOMENT HANDS My hands are old. I remember how smooth the skin was when I was a child, but now I have my grandmother’s hands. She’s under the grass now, my grandmother, and all the rest of those … Read More →
I always use writing to cope with a crisis – I wrote this poem last night and it gave me hope when I realized how much love is really out there. Pandemic Musings – a Poem The world stopped spinning suddenly And here I sit (not patiently) I watch the death toll rise each day … Read More →
I love reading Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings. I also enjoy every morsel of advice offered by Stephen King. Today, the blog had a few excerpts about the use of adverbs from King’s excellent book of advice to writers: On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft. I blogged about this book awhile back. It’s one of … Read More →
I used to read a lot of how-to books. The advice started to get repetitive and I began to weary of reading simplistic tips that I rarely used in my own life. The other night, I happened across a book to help writer’s overcome their procrastination. The book had 44 excellent (5-star) reviews on Amazon.com, … Read More →
The internet is a fantastic place. I did a quick search on how to write a memoir, and the first hit was a wonderful find. William Zinsser’s On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction has always had a place in my top 5 references about writing. Today’s discovery was a … Read More →