I came across this video this morning, and it really spoke to me, so I wanted to share it. I named last year “The Year of Finishing Novels.” I dove into studying goal setting and motivation, from tiny habits to atomic habits. And it worked for a little while. But I found, like the videoContinue reading “Happy New Year! Welcome to Experience Writing 2023”
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Endings and Beginnings: THIS is a Great Day
I woke up in a winter wonderland. It started snowing yesterday evening, and the snow stuck. There was about a half foot of snow when the sun came out. I was so excited to try my reflection balls in the snow. What a great way to celebrate finishing my draft. I Did It! I wroteContinue reading “Endings and Beginnings: THIS is a Great Day”
Ode to a red rose #SoCS
The Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is “Ode.” Last week I was inspired to start my daily flower drawing practice and it made me draw every day which is amazing to me, and I love the black and whites photographs that I never would have thought to try before seeing zombie flamingos’ post last Saturday.Continue reading “Ode to a red rose #SoCS”
A Lucky Stream of Consciousness
This year’s Writer’s Games are over. I’m happy to say that one of my stories placed third in its event, so it will be published in the anthology. My first publication this year. Woohoo! This is the first Saturday I’m not working on a story, and am excited to have a Stream of Consciousness Saturday.Continue reading “A Lucky Stream of Consciousness”
Reflecting on the use of Janus words in my April poems
Today is reflection post day for the A to Z Challenge. I enjoyed their theme and posts about games this year. Though I did not remember to do the scavenger hunt, I really liked the idea, and if anyone is still looking for a post for “bear”, I wrote a poem called Black Bear’s Branch.Continue reading “Reflecting on the use of Janus words in my April poems”
Happy May Day
I did it! I made it through April with over thirty new poems posted, inspired by NaPoWriMo and the Poem-a-Day Challenge. Congratulations to everyone who met these challenges. It was very fun to see the winners posted for last November’s Poem-a-Day Chapbook challenge. Congratulations De Jackson! At the A to Z Challenge there’s an after-challengeContinue reading “Happy May Day”
Free Writers Conference Starts Today!
Sorry I disappeared there for a bit. After my last post, my plans derailed–one thing after another–and I had a little trouble getting back on the tracks. Today, however, I want to share an exciting event. It’s the first day of TBRcon21, a free online sci-fi writers conference. Tons of authors. Tons of interesting sessions.Continue reading “Free Writers Conference Starts Today!”
Here’s What’s Working #NaNoWriMo2020
My first day of November started with this lovely scene of a conflicted sky. Dark vs. Light: Thick fog fighting clarity: All the makings of a great story. What worked on day one: Prep really helped me out on day one. For once, I have a physical timeline, an outline and a Scrivener file fullContinue reading “Here’s What’s Working #NaNoWriMo2020”
How to make plotting your short story fun with Jason L. Blair’s Full Deck Roleplaying: A Scenario
If you haven’t read it yet, you’ll want to read through my last post about Setting and Characters, so this makes some sense. Okay, back to the action: Since Luchinda dressed for her character, the rest of us decided to dress up too. Woody wasn’t too excited when I handed him a cape and theContinue reading “How to make plotting your short story fun with Jason L. Blair’s Full Deck Roleplaying: A Scenario”
How to make plotting your short story fun with Jason L. Blair’s Full Deck Roleplaying: Setting & Characters
I’ve been talking a lot about poetry lately, but I’m also participating in The Writer’s Games. The challenge to write a short story to a prompt each weekend started two weeks ago. I’ll be getting a new prompt this evening. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I have found many fun plotting games and devicesContinue reading “How to make plotting your short story fun with Jason L. Blair’s Full Deck Roleplaying: Setting & Characters”
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