Note to poets: I had noticed a lot of strange traffic to my site this last year. The wordpress forums assured me that the little bots constantly visiting my old posts were nothing to worry about and harmless, but that didn’t sit right with me. They had to be doing something. Then I happened toContinue reading “Descort”
Category Archives: Writing Life Update
It’s ModPo Time
A very quick writer’s life update: Last December I was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer and started chemo. I had a mass the size of a football on an ovary (I looked nine months pregnant) and another large one in my colon. The two tumors pushed together and completely blocked my colon in lateContinue reading “It’s ModPo Time”
Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told
Hi everyone! Sorry I checked out for a bit, but summer hit hard, and I had some adjusting to do. The fourth of July was huge this year with my niece turning eighteen. Our fourth of July baby is going off to college. Oh, the changes keep coming. I turned the fireworks into tigers thisContinue reading “Read Broadly, and Not As You Are Told”
What to Expect Here at Experience Writing this April
The author shares plans for NaPoWriMo, including a focus on poetry magazines, daily prompts, and poetry immersion through classes, videos, and sensory experiences.
How I’m Using Camp NaNoWriMo and 4theWords for Novel Revision
I’ve been on a bit of an unplanned hiatus. But the fourth of July was lots of fun, the family and guests have left, and it’s time to get back to work. Since I’ve been having trouble focusing on novel revision, I decided to sign up for Camp NaNo this month for some extra motivation.Continue reading “How I’m Using Camp NaNoWriMo and 4theWords for Novel Revision”
#Writober Begins Tomorrow: bring on the spooky thrills and chills
In my mid-September post How to Capture the Love in Apathy and the Apathy in Love, I spent a little time looking forward to fun events in October. Now it’s almost here, and I hope you’ll join me for all the reading, writing, and photography fun. R. I. P. XVII Readers Imbibing Peril Peril ofContinue reading “#Writober Begins Tomorrow: bring on the spooky thrills and chills”
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”
Welcome to Experience Writing 2021
Attempt at Focus This year has one main writing focus and that is revision. I will be revising my novels one after the other. I will be revising my short stories and my poems. I will find ways to stay motivated during revision. I will explore revision tools, workbooks and worksheets and find what worksContinue reading “Welcome to Experience Writing 2021”
Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge
Summer is here. The weather is gorgeous, but sweaty-hot. Levi and I are adjusting though motivationally-challenged. He gets away with napping and bathing all day, but my stories won’t write themselves. So, I found a challenge to keep me working through August. For the next five weeks, starting August 1st, I will be participating inContinue reading “Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge”
100 Million Mask Challenge Update
First, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is, I will not be doing a cool unboxing of the 100 million mask challenge sewing kit because they didn’t need me to sew masks. The good news is local businesses stepped up, so they didn’t need individuals to sew. Here’s theContinue reading “100 Million Mask Challenge Update”