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Filling my creative well
Every person in the world should give themselves permission to fill their creative well. You don’t have to write the next bestselling novel or paint a masterpiece or bake the most scrumptious desert....
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reconstituted
trapped in a gravity well of despair vexation stress obligations confound and bind emotional weave and weft shred under pressure corporeal bits ruptured a cry against denouement foundered by exhaustion...
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Stuck in Life
Some days I feel like I’m moving in super slo-mo through a gelatinous wall of gooey stuff, with a voice critiquing every movement and thought like a sport commentator during a controversial call on the...
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A-a-and I’m Back!
The last several months have been a tad on the crazy side. But first, a picture of a whale. Yes, the photography deities smiled benevolently upon me. Yep, that is a happy humpback whale jumping...
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Random stuff
Sometimes you can’t make things up. Earlier this month, I cross-posted an article from BBC News about the dying art of ‘sea silk’. I thought it would make interesting background for a story. Honestly,...
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Getting my groove back
Over the last couple of years, I went through a rough writing patch. Either I didn’t feel well enough to capture the myriad of thoughts running amok in my brainpan or I had too many adult...
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2015 Round Up
When I find the time bandit that warped me in to December, I’m going to pummel my seconds and minutes out of him/her/it/whatever. Seriously? How’d it get to the end of the year? I know, the Steve...
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2016 = Attitude Change
How many of you get stuck in your mind, your life, the day to day minutiae, and all the other stuff that gets in our way? That would be me. {{raising my hand sheepishly}} When I look back at 2015, it’s...
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Do you Google your name?
Do you Google your name? I do. Not because I’m a narcissist, rather because sometimes I miss things that are published. Here’s an example, in December 2015 I’d written a letter to the editor at the...
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Up to no good
Remember when we were kids and time just seemed to never end? Sitting in the corner for 5 minutes was an eternity. The bus ride to school never seemed to end. The minute hand never seemed to move....
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The importance of exercise & discipline
I’m about to use the E-word and the D-word (exercise & discipline). If either of those words offend you… Just avert your eyes and put a Post-it over the offending content. Has your writing life be...
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Stretching that creative muscle
There are days (and nights) I don’t feel like I’ve stretched my creative muscles. And when I do, I often feel like I’ve developed a brain related charley-horse. Creativity and exercise have a lot in...
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Woman Who Reads Books
Recently, I came across Robert Pattinson’s (cue the swoons) quote on girls who read. I read it twice before I cross-posted on my author Facebook feed. Then I read it again. I am that ‘Girl Who Reads...
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Offline
The other day I ended up in a building that hosted the federal circuit court for 9+ hours. No, I wasn’t a guest of agency nor did I commit any crime. I was there as a witness. After waiting in the...
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Are you not entertained?
Every time I submit a story to a magazine, I feel as though I’ve entered an epic fight to the death. My story is a gladiator, fighting for the amusement of the powers that be. I’m fighting the...
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The power of ‘No’
I’m a person who can easily be labeled a ‘people pleaser’. Even my Insight Discovery Profile says so. Don’t get me wrong. While I’m okay with being helpful, I will go all RED on your behind should you...
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Born on a Wednesday
According to the Chinese zodiac, 1966 was the year of the Fire Horse. The passionate influence of the Fire Element makes the Fire Horse the most unconventional, freedom-loving and adventurous of the...
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Looking to 2017
I started out 2016 with a huge kettle full of dreams, only to find the kettle cracked and having leaked all my creative awesomeness out in the first quarter of 2016 sigh 2016 was filled with all sorts...
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