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Mentors and Routines: It takes a tribe
Even as I sit at my desk alone in the dawn I know that no one truly writes a novel by herself. At least not if she wants to hold onto a shred of sanity as she does so.Of course, aside from that paper...
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Brainstorm Your Novel Ideas
Despite the frigid temps and chaotic winds we fought the elements and went to Barnes and Noble this morning. Over a hot cup of java and a new notebook I wrote ideas for my new novel and purused some...
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Talking about Your Novel-in-Progress
Persistence is a necessary quality when writing a novel. Not to mention when I want to write a series of novels. But something else helps me as well.I've read in several places now that it's a bad idea...
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Trying a New Look for My Writer Blog
I am trying out a new look for this blog and would appreciate comments or suggestions. I wanted to create something different and was reading about getting different blogger templates than what are...
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Writing a Fiction Series
I am undertaking the long journey of writing a romantic women's fiction series with the help of Karen Wiesner's book "Writing the Fiction Series." This may seem odd to my writer friends who know that I...
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The Fiction Writing Wars
I went out yesterday and bought a new netbook to take with me when I travel or go on my writing retreat or to a writers' conference. Well, now they are all called chromebooks. I guess google has taken...
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Short Story Writing
This is a difficult post to compose because as usual I have always waffled among many genres and that includes both writing and art. But I feel like I've had an epiphany and I need to voice it.I've...
View ArticleWriting Success Breeds Writing Success
I was sitting in a Weight Watchers meeting one night when a member uttered this eye opening comment. "Success breeds more success." I clearly saw how it related to weight loss as each pound shed helped...
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How I Came to Write Romance Novels
As I sit and write page after page of my romantic women's fiction novel I recall how I came to write romance at all. After all, I started my writing life with poetry and was barely writing any fiction...
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Resolving a Plotting Crisis
This post is all about how, or how not to, resolve a crisis with your novel's plot.First steps are sensing the crisis in the first place and then figuring out what the exact crisis is. In this case it...
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Getting back to writing a novel
It's been nine months since I wrote that last post and lots has happened--very little to do with writing however. Much to my embarrassment I haven't touched that novel since my critique group retreat...
View ArticleManuscripts in Cyberspace
It's early morning and blue light drifts into my writing space. I open a one subject, wide ruled spiral notebook and begin the first draft of chapter 10. Writing first drafts in longhand has always...
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Rituals for Writing, Writing as Ritual
As I shift my creative focus from art back to writing I remind myself of what I need to do to enter my writing life. Rituals are a good place to start. We all have our own personal rituals even if we...
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Is Poetry Dead? Please say it isn't so!
At least once a month my husband and I spend a morning in Barnes and Noble sipping coffee and exploring. He will browse art magazines and cookbooks while I explore books based on my current topic of...
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Synchronicity for Writers
Synchronicity comes in a variety of packages and at myriad times if only we are open to hear those whispered voices. For writers and other creatives synchronous events and unexpected connections are...
View ArticleWriting Begins with Yoga
I wake at dawn as soft light penetrates through the window blinds mere feet from my bed. Though the idea of staying cozy beneath the sheets is tempting my bladder and my brain have other ideas. The...
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A Community of Writers
Writing is of course a lonely activity. You sit at your desk with silence and solitude your best friends. Closed doors are a treasure and you get settled in, shutting down your phone and disconnecting...
View ArticleWriting for 20 Minutes a Day
I recently enrolled in an online class that requires writing for twenty minutes a day. The class is offered by Story Circle Network which is an international organization that provides support and...
View ArticleRejuvenating My Writing Energy
For the past few weeks art has overtaken my writing energy. I love art journaling and using visual images to express myself. I also love getting paint all over my hands and engaging in play on the page...
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The Power of Poetry
I believe that poetry, both reading and writing it, has the power to fill our hearts, change our minds, and feed our souls. When prose refuses to bend and comply with my expressive wishes I turn to...
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