I wanted to get this post out yesterday for my new habit of Sunday Assessment and Accountability, but my internet was ridiculously slow and not loading the site, then not loading this page, so I stopped trying to force it. There was no point in fighting and making myself miserable when the information is justContinue reading “A Year of Finishing Novels: Designing Habits”
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#SoCS: Everything Turns Into Dreams of Flight
Today’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is “fortune.” Here’s an excerpt from my circular journey in my journal this morning. “The greatest of my fortunes is letting go of the past, of gathered resentments, and disappointments, turning them into new paths of discovery, changing them into flying dreams. How else can I explore “fortune” today?Continue reading “#SoCS: Everything Turns Into Dreams of Flight”
Light and Shadow: Janus words and a shadow sonnet
Today is a special poetry day for me. David at The Skeptic’s Kaddish wrote a response poem to one of my poems. It’s a beautiful pairing. Go check it out. And Laura presented a fun challenge at dVerse Poets Pub yesterday that I will tackle today. Laura’s challenge is to write a Shadow Sonnet. ThisContinue reading “Light and Shadow: Janus words and a shadow sonnet”
A Year of Finishing Novels: The first tiny steps
For my year of finishing novels, my first step was identifying where I became derailed in the past. I identified three areas where I would like to make changes: 1. Sleep 2. Hormonal Imbalance 3. Priorities. I read books in these three areas and looked for simple steps I could implement right away. Mindset MatchesContinue reading “A Year of Finishing Novels: The first tiny steps”
#SoCS: Every Day a Fresh Page
Today’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is “page” which inspired me to really explore a page during my morning pages. I’ve meant to do this ever since I started using artist sketchbooks, but for some reason I come to the page every day and write in pretty uniform lines across the page. I had fun,Continue reading “#SoCS: Every Day a Fresh Page”
Naked Trees
Thank you readers! Experience Writing has over 1,000 Followers! During my break, Experience Writing reached an exciting milestone. Over a thousand people have chosen to experience writing with me. Thank you. I’m so glad you are here. Please let me know how I can bring value to the time you spend here. Also during myContinue reading “Naked Trees”
#SoCS: Celebrating 100 Days
If you’re curious and want to look back over what I created every day for 100 days, you can click on October 2021 in the column on the right under Archives, and hit “older posts” at the bottom of each page until you get to October 1st when this posting streak started. Stream of ConsciousnessContinue reading “#SoCS: Celebrating 100 Days”
Blackout Poetry Art Day
This is it, the penultimate post of my daily photos and poetry. It’s fun that I will reach day 100 on a Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Yesterday, I got a rainbow of both chisel tip and thin Sharpies for putting words on the world, so I thought I would continue my found poetry project withContinue reading “Blackout Poetry Art Day”
A Fun Found Poetry Project
New Poetry Today is Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub. Head on over to read a diverse selection of poetry and share a poem of your own. Yesterday, while looking at New Pages and planning submissions, I happened upon a call for found poetry from Heron Tree. The call is to create found poetryContinue reading “A Fun Found Poetry Project”
Poetic Bookshelves
Today I thought I would have some fun and combine my photography and poetry for Of Maria Antonia’s 2022 Weekly Photo Challenge prompt “On the Shelf.” I rearranged my bookshelves to create poems from the book titles. Here is how I read the first bookshelf poem: From the Outside to the Center The outsiderin theContinue reading “Poetic Bookshelves”
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