Blog
Getting Organized
by Dena Dyer www.denadyer.com If you have a resolution to “get organized” with your writing, here are a few tips that have worked for me: 1. First, know your organizing personality. For example, don’t try to use notebooks if you’re not a notebook person. If you love doing everything paperless, go paperless. Don’t try and…
Flash Fiction: Mick Silva
Busy today. A bit crazed, in fact. I’d like to say I’m good on days like these, but I’m not. In truth, they make me retreat into fantasy. Anything to escape… “Do you have the time,” the clock asks, no doubt amused by the irony in his statement, I’m sure. Cheeky clocks are forever messing…
A Writer Going Home
Celebrating my savior’s birth notwithstanding, at this point I feel loaded down with the holiday season’s commercialism and busyness. Don’t misunderstand. Christmas was great, but how do I come down from it, so I can get back to writing? Sugar plum fairies still dance in my head uninvited. Really, you too? So then, what do…
Writing and Kids
I have here before me a squarish red book titled, Games for Writing by Peggy Kaye. I’m so excited about the games in this book that I had to plug it. Here’s a novel idea. Writing is about writing, not spelling. (I’ll admit, I blinked when I read that. I had my schoolmarm hat on.)…
“Writerly” Resolutions
We writers need rejuvenation every now and then . . . especially when the rejection slips start to pile up, the endless “waiting game” becomes maddening and the mailman looks on us with pity as he hands us (yet another) fat envelope. Since the start of a new year is a perfect time to begin…
Charlotte’s Web
I’ve read the book recently and own the cartoon version which I love, but big screen version of Charlotte’s Web left me asking “what’s missing and why didn’t I love it?” If you want a rave review of the movie go here. If you want my honest opinion, stick around. I took my four kids…
Michelle Sutton’s review of @ Home for the Holidays by Meredith Efken
From the Publisher: Sitting by the fireside, humming carols and knitting mittens…not! For these stay-at-home moms, the weeks before Christmas are anything but mellow. How can you balance housework, home crises and the husband without losing your mind? Plug in your laptop! Meet Dulcie, Zelia, Jocelyn, Rosalyn, Veronica and the rest of the women of…
Objectional Content?
Imagine my surprise when I checked my referral links and found this… Notify Blogger about objectionable content. What does this mean? … has been a ceramic sculpture of Santa Claus kneeling down worshiping the baby Jesus. … My blog? Objectional content? I think someone is referring to this post. Am I missing something here? So…
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
(c)Tricia Goyer, 9/2006 I have three kids ages 12, 14, and 17. If you have teenagers, then you know they know everything. This is especially true for homeschooled teenagers. Every time I try to teach them something I get this look that says, “Yah, I already knew that.” So, if you’re like me. Then next…
The Gift of Time
Over the last few months I’ve given myself a special treat. (No, I did not wait for Christmas!) I signed up to have once a month sessions with a life coach for writers. Yes, it’s pricey, but the few hours I’ve spent on the phone with her have been life-changing. In one of our exercises,…