I love the Comic Strip by Bill Watterson. The above image of Calvin perfectly represents how I feel at my desk more often then I care to admit. Since making the decision to get serious about writing as a career I would say the biggest thing I have learned so far is to succeed you …
We’ve all heard it said it takes a village to raise a child. I would like to adopt that adage here and say it takes a village to produce a writer. The writer practices their craft in isolation. But to enable a writer to practice their craft to the best of their ability, and to …
This first Saturday of 2018, I am returning to my series: Weapons in my Armoury. If you are new to this series, an explanation can be found in the last paragraph here. My weapon this week is that of believing in yourself. Throughout our lives, there will be nay-sayers. Those people who, for whatever reason, …
Weapons in my Armoury – You Gotta Believe!!! Can I get an Amen? Read More
I have decided to pause my Saturday series until the New Year. I will still post so stay tuned for more Seasonal offerings in the coming weeks. The Christmas decorations will be going up, time will be spent with family and friends, and I will be walking around enjoying all the wonderful light displays that …
This is going to be a short post as I am in the final days of NANOWRIMO. In fact, I have been making such amazing headway in a small town series I am developing, that I forgot that I still had a post to write for this Saturday series. I know, I said Saturday, and this …
Today I am continuing my Saturday theme on the writing life. This is the third in a series of posts about the writing tools in my work shed. I call the series Weapons in my Armoury. The first of the series was about the value of writing prompts, the second was about platform and branding, …
This is week two in a seven-week series on Weapons in my Armoury: writing tools in the pursuit of publication. I was supposed to post it yesterday but found myself out of the house most of the day, so here it is a day late. I wish I could blame the time change last night, …