How did it go yesterday? Did you find Day 1’s image inspiring? Did you start #Writober with a bang? Jump in with both feet? Or is today the day? If you are starting today, Welcome, I’m glad you’re here. Here’s our visual inspiration for the 2nd of #Writober: This image reminds me of the PeterContinue reading “#Writober Day 2”
Category Archives: Inspiration
#Writober Day 1: Let autumnal writing commence!
Here it is, the first day of #Writober. And here’s Day 1’s inspiring image: I used a random number generator to help me order the photographs for #Writober 2, so there isn’t any significance to this being the first image. However, this image may be timely. It could be the aftermath of an earthquake,Continue reading “#Writober Day 1: Let autumnal writing commence!”
Need your next great idea? Try this!
A few years ago, after reading Dufresne’s Is Life Like This?: A Guide to Writing Your First Novel in Six Months, I created my go to story idea generator; my Plot-o-Matic. The Plot-o-Matic is a set of three different colored cards: green = Subject (person or occupation), yellow = Conflict (something the subject wants or needs),Continue reading “Need your next great idea? Try this!”
Reaping A Bountiful Harvest
I find no meal more satisfying than the one picked fresh from my garden. This year’s harvest is turning out to be very exciting. This year is the year of vine vegetables and many kinds of kale. Yum. The beauties pictured above were used for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For breakfast this morning I hadContinue reading “Reaping A Bountiful Harvest”
Interview with award-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Calhoun
After sharing his fun guest post, Finishing Your Script by Defeating Act Two, Geoffrey Calhoun kindly took the time to answer my questions about his writing practice and his business We Fix Your Script. His answers are full of great information. Make sure to follow the links to learn more about his favorite books, authorsContinue reading “Interview with award-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Calhoun”
Summer Book Bingo 2: Adventures with A Good Book
In my last post, I told you about all the fun squares/book choices of the Seattle Summer Book Bingo. One of those squares said to get a recommendation from an independent bookseller, so I headed over to A Good Book in Sumner, WA to see what they could recommend. Recommendations When I mentioned to the dark-haired,Continue reading “Summer Book Bingo 2: Adventures with A Good Book”
Book Spine Poems: Happy #NationalPoetryMonth
This morning, I came across an article in School Library Journal called Here’s How You Make a Book Spine Poem with Your Students/Patrons by Travis Jonker The concept is simple, fun and it inspired me. Here are my poems, created from my bookshelf in celebration of National Poetry Month. I hope you will join meContinue reading “Book Spine Poems: Happy #NationalPoetryMonth”
A Quick #Movember Update and a game of #pessimisticmoustache
To raise money for Prostate Cancer Research, people all over the world are growing mustaches this month. If you haven’t seen Adam Garone (the founder of Movember)’s Ted Talk, I recommend watching it. It’s a fun story. To create Movember awareness, Diana Rose Wilson and I have turned my game Pessimistic Moustache into a twitterContinue reading “A Quick #Movember Update and a game of #pessimisticmoustache”
Poetry and The Fiction Writer
The collection of books pictured above was inspired by discovering The Art of series at my local library. The Art of discusses different aspects of writing with examples from a great variety of texts. I wanted to learn more about the authors who wrote the series, so I picked up their poetry and essays asContinue reading “Poetry and The Fiction Writer”
Carving Through Writer’s Block: Guest post from author Christopher Bailey
3 Ways to Conquer Writer’s Block It’s a simple two-word phrase that can make a writer’s blood turn cold; writer’s block. It is the dreaded barrier against creative flow that every author struggles with from time to time. There are a number of causes of this mental road block, and a number of theories onContinue reading “Carving Through Writer’s Block: Guest post from author Christopher Bailey”
Experience Writing 