Monthly Archives: February 2019

There are some days when you really wish you’d stayed in bed.  Today was close to being one of those days.  First, I woke up with a head cold.  I don’t feel awful but I’ve spent the day sneezing and … Continue reading →

We all have things in and about our lives that we wish we could change and some of those things we can change while others we can’t.  But is that really true or are we just lacking the “tools” that … Continue reading →

I know that I can write. I know that I would much rather make a living as a published author than remain at my current job…it’s not a bad job but to go to work every single day to a … Continue reading →

I have found that my creative life revolves more around planning to write, preparing to write, and finding reasons that I just can’t write than actually writing.  The first two steps are necessary…the third one is not.  At least not … Continue reading →

When people hear the word “artist” their mind automatically goes to painters, sculptors, and others that create something with a physical form.  But we create with words.  We create whole worlds, characters, plots, and we create emotions in our readers.  … Continue reading →

As I’ve said before, I am the world’s worst or best, depending upon how you look at it, procrastinator.  I plan things or decide to do something and I keep putting it off until I have no choice but to … Continue reading →

Writing is therapy.  It allows us to deal with our emotions and situations that are difficult to deal with in any other way.  I write poetry to deal with depression, frustration, and anger.  I write prose to let my thoughts … Continue reading →

Only we know what works for us.  We read books on writing that have all kinds of tips to make the process easier, things we should and shouldn’t do if we want to succeed, how to up our word count, … Continue reading →

It seems that every single time that we try to make changes in our life we fall short of the results that we hope to make happen.  We read self-help books, watch self-help YouTube videos, etc…, and we might make … Continue reading →

I think that we’ve become so used to living our current lives that we can’t fully comprehend a different type of life….the life that we actually long for deep within ourselves.  So, if you’re like me, sometimes you subconsciously sabotage … Continue reading →