A blog to keep me honest, motivated, and enthused about writing and reading, plus confessions on a serious addiction to coffee, notebooks and vintage typewriters.
This wonderful article below from The New York Times arrived in my inbox at the perfect time. I'd just spent a few days cleaning up an old manual typewriter to give to a friend, and it became, much to my surprise, an enjoyably soothing project. Aside from the spit and polish the body of the... Continue Reading →
They were right. Entering into competitions is good for you. I can see how it could hone your skills. It gives you the push you need to get out there, and write. I would never have written my little story if it wasn't for the push of a competition.
Have you ever wanted to be someplace else?
I’m in trouble, dear reader. Struggling to find my bad guy. The villain. The antagonist. Having so long thought about my sweet hero characters, creating their world, their lives, it somehow becomes so hard to bring in the rolling dark clouds that are required to make a novel move forward. We can’t always be out... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know, today's blog post is limited to just TEN weird little gems, but hey, no one likes a bore rabbiting on about their life right? I remember once complaining to a teacher that I couldn't possibly write anything interesting about my life in the daily journal we had as part of our school... Continue Reading →
Where Imagination Soars
Painting Words with Meaning
The end of procrastination. The beginning of living.
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Views of a writer of historical romances
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A blog to keep me honest, motivated, and enthused about writing and reading, plus confessions on a serious addiction to coffee, notebooks and vintage typewriters.
Gathering Words 