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Writing a Book’s Like Eating a Bear
Writing is never easy. It's author's sweat and skill and effort that makes it appear easy. Actually, it's a lot like eating a bear. You can do it, yes, but it'll try you on...
Are You a Candle or a Mirror?
Warning: this is a no-edit zone...On awakening, like everyone else, I have my rituals. One of them is to read from the Bible and then to pull a quote for the day and reflect on...
Welcome!
I'm new here and finding my feet. Please bear with me as I learn to navigate my way. I look forward to chatting about writing with you. One thing. I edit articles, books and...
Baffled! What Does He Mean?
I received a note with the subject line: HELP! I’M BAFFLED. WHAT DOES HE MEAN? Now who can resist stopping to read a note referenced like that? So I did--stop, that is--and read...
BAFFLED. WHAT DOES HE MEAN?
I received a note with the subject line: HELP! I’M BAFFLED. WHAT DOES HE MEAN? Now who can resist stopping to read a note referenced like that? So I did--stop, that is--and read...
BIRTHDAY WISH–AND HOPES
Birthdays are special days--and at times in our lives when we’ve thought we wouldn’t have any or many more of them, we learn a new appreciation for them. Actually, it’s a new...
Character: CONTENTMENT
When writing, we don’t often think specifically about a character’s contentment. There’s a reason for that: we’re in the conflict business. That, conflict, not contentment, is...
IMMEDIACY
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone...Now that income taxes are done (THANK YOU!!!!), two things are on my mind this morning. Well, actually, three things, but two apply to writing...
WRITING DURING THE DARK TIMES
Photo credit: beliefnet.comWARNING: THIS IS A NO-EDIT ZONE... Writing is never easy. Oh, sometimes we get into the flow or the zone and the work flows, but usually that comes...
CAREER PATH: KNOWERS, FALLERS & DABBLERS
Some people, it seems, come out of the womb knowing what they want to be and how they’re going to become it.Others have no clue what they want but fall into something that for...
Feature Article Posted
EACH DAY YOU CHOOSE... ARE YOU A PERSON OF CHARACTER OR A CHARACTER LACKING HUMANITY? Read the new feature article
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"I'll try." How many times have we said or heard that? How many times have we mentally translated it to, "It won't...
Birthday Blessings and Wishes
I'm celebrating my birthday, and along with my wish that we all have a safe and healthy year knowing contentment and...
