You can see why I put this under the revision topic, I’m revising my post of Gator McBumpypants’ first movie. Why didn’t I think of this yesterday? So, how did I do it? It was much easier than I thought. When I clicked on Add Media above my draft’s text box, like I usually doContinue reading “Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog”
Category Archives: Exploring
Exploring: Guest Posts
As the happy holiday season is now upon us and many writers are wrapped up in NaNoWriMo, time is sucked away in more ways than usual and I’m guessing many blogs will be quite neglected over the next couple months. This made me think about guest posts. Not only looking to do some myself –Continue reading “Exploring: Guest Posts”
Exploring: A beautiful and inspiring blog
For today’s blog on exploring, I typed the work Exploring into the wordpress tag search (daring, I know) with fabulous results! I discovered a beautiful blog called HARRYBIPEDHIKING, specifically a post about exploring an abandoned mine called Bergeson Prospect. The post starts by recommending a book Discovering Washington’s Historic Mines series by Northwest Underground ExplorationsContinue reading “Exploring: A beautiful and inspiring blog”
Exploring: Collective Nouns
Yesterday’s writing group was incredibly fun, thanks to Ralph Cornish presenting an exploration of collective nouns. We’re all familiar with at least a few collective nouns that we use in regular speech: a hill of beans, a mountain of debt, a litter of pups. But there are so many more fun and interesting collective nouns.Continue reading “Exploring: Collective Nouns”
Reading to Feed Your Wanderlust
This morning I have something very exciting to share. I found a wonderful website called A Year of Reading the World. In 2012 Ann Morgan read her way through the countries of the world–196 independent countries and one extra territory–reading one novel from each country. She wrote a book about her experience that comes outContinue reading “Reading to Feed Your Wanderlust”
Happy Halloween! Friday Exploring
Looking for rare, collectable, hard to find books? Try Turn The Page Books, an online bookstore with a huge collection of well preserved treasures. Happy exploring and have a great Halloween. I’m already in my luchador costume and plan on playing the theremin and ghost hunting until dawn.
Changing my approach to posting
Hi everyone, I think I’ve figured out a better way to share everything I’m learning in my writing life. So far, I’ve had trouble keeping up with a weekly blog because I’ll have ideas during the week, but when I finally sit down to write, I’m overwhelmed by how many things are happening in myContinue reading “Changing my approach to posting”
Finding Fresh Eyes
I had forgotten how inspiring a week away from home can be, but my recent trip to Alaska was exactly what I needed to get back to my work with fresh eyes. A fun side note: I have now been to every state in the union!
Creating Fictional Worlds: Not just Sci-Fi and Fantasy
I recently visited the Fantasy exhibit at the EMP museum in Seattle. In addition to the fun and inspirational drawings, costumes, and interactive computer exhibits, they displayed J.R.R. Tolkien’s hand written timeline. It was kind of him to reiterate the point of my previous post (Ha. Ha!). It also spoke to a related aspect ofContinue reading “Creating Fictional Worlds: Not just Sci-Fi and Fantasy”
Welcome to my writing life.
On this site, I will be sharing what inspires my writing and what I am learning through the process of getting my words on paper. I look forward to many lively discussions about technique, motivation and creativity.
Experience Writing 