Tag: Wandering
-
My Writing Closet…
All this talk of flamingos is not to suggest that us writers are special or flashy or beautiful or tall and graceful but to illustrate how we feel out of place at times. I hope you belong to a group of like-minded writers who also enjoy the creative act of filling their digital files with…
-
Embrace Your Flamingo
Writing is a lonely business. Sure, inspiration comes from the world around you, but it can only become your unique combination and cadence of sounds from the confines of your tiny, cozy writing closet. Writers agree: the act of writing is a solo enterprise. The odd worldview, the passion, and the drive, can make one…
-
Keep in Touch…
Imagine sitting at a luscious table set for a day of Thanksgiving. Golden candlelight reflects in the wine or water in faceted goblets. Mounds of roasted, braised, smoked, even fried meats are surrounded by fruits and vegetables of every color of the rainbow. Maybe the table is carved from mahogany or oak. Maybe it is…
-
Betwixt Between…
This Wednesday I find myself both returning home and preparing to gather with loved ones for an early Thanksgiving tradition of family, friends, and food (lots of food). These days we take what time together we can grasp if only for a few days or one big meal and while we miss those who can’t…
-
Confessions of a blogger…
These Wednesday posts are meant to share my joys/frustrations/challenges of sending my written words into the big wide world. Today I confess two things. One, I am still finessing the posting world via this wonderful wordpress site. For example, I sometimes pre-post and schedule them to go live a few days later. But today I…
-
Pushing and Pulling
This Wednesday I am pushing against some self-imposed deadlines, while being pulled toward new and exciting goals. I have recently participated in a constructive pitching roundtable (during which I felt both woefully unprepared and unexpectedly encouraged) while continuing online classes with the Kauai Writers Conference. Pushing to refine and refine and refine novel pitches, loglines…