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Creating Character: Working the Clay
My husband is a multi-medium artist. One medium is pottery. I enjoy watching him work with the clay and have since he was working with Raku one day and I was helping him quench...
Are You an Opportunity? Creating One?
It is day 4 in our new year. A few days/weeks ago, I did a post that spoke of clusters. Things happening in clusters, actually. That’s holding true for the new year. In...
Happy New Year and Welcome 2008!
A new year. A chance for a new beginning, a new direction--a fresh start. Some changes we make will be so welcome, we’ll open our arms and embrace them with enthusiasm and zeal...
In Memory
Theresa Floyd Charlie Through your special gifts so loving shared, you shall be remembered by...
Things to Do On New Year’s Eve
Today the door closes on 2007. For some it’s been a good year. For others, the best they can say is in short order it will be over. But for the majority of us 2007, like most...
The Sniff Test
If it... looks like a skunk, smells like a skunk, acts like a skunk... it’s probably a skunk. Skunks are great for conflict, but not necessarily great for fiction Things...
TIME DOES NOT HEAL, BUT TWO LITTLE MIRACLES…
Alexis (Alex) 1992-2005 Two years ago today, my beloved sidekick, Alex, died. It was a year before I could think about her without tearing up, and nearly another before I could...
STEALING RELIGION
This one of those “can you believe it” days. In the news this morning, there’s a report on a thief that has me shaking my head and wondering, “What is s/he thinking?” Stealing...
GIFTS FOR WRITERS
I’m shopping today--late this year due to two weeks of flu knocking me to my knees--and I’m reminded of Christmases past--and faux pas committed on behalf of well-meaning family...
FA LA LA FLU
Writers spend a lot of time alone, which means they usually avoid exposure to a mountain of germs, viruses and other nasty flu bugs. But during the holidays, by necessity,...
DO YOU BELIEVE IN HOLIDAY MAGIC?
Do You Believe in Holiday Magic? I do believe. I do, I do, I do... I suppose that whether or not you believe in holiday magic depends on whether or not you believe in...
CLARITY
Why is it when we’re most muddled, under the greatest pressure that we see most clearly? I ran into this with one of my characters in my current manuscript-in-progress...
