My Musings
Musings – a period of reflection or thought; an act of recalling past events.
Enter, if you will, into my world of inspiration, ideas, or just some crazy daydreaming. Be warned, many people have gone in; not many have survived.
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The Identity Quest
“All you do is eat, sleep, and watch TV.” Those were the words from my firstborn, Tyler, his senior year of high school.
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The Writing Challenge
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch Are you familiar with NaNoWriMo? I had no clue.
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My, What Lovely Adjectives You Have
I sat in the back row of my first-ever continuing education class called Writing for Fun. A lady in her nineties gave us writing prompts.
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Stephen King And A Lesson In Authenticity
I’m a mother of two boys who loves Star Wars and Marvel—stories where good prevails over evil, and a knight in not-so-shiny armor thinks he rescued the girl.
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Inspiration Strikes
For the past three years, I’ve spent every morning throwing the ball to my dog, Gunner. I’ve endured the rain, snow, and wind, checking my
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The Magic Of Pandaren
If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Strength, the ability to fly, invisibility? The desire to be special lies in all of
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Do You Suffer From Self-Doubt?
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” Sylvia Plath As an aspiring author, having finished my first novel and entering the world of agents and
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Feeling Stuck?
“You can’t edit a blank page.” (Jodi Picoult) Have you ever felt stuck? Maybe with a creative project, a fitness program, trapped in a job
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Show, Don’t Tell
“Show the readers everything. Tell them nothing.” (Ernest Hemingway) In the writer’s world, there aren’t necessarily rules but guidelines, unless you are Stephen King or J.
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Boost Your Confidence
“Confidence does not come from dreaming. It comes from doing.“ Jerry Jenkins (author of the Left Behind series).
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Kill Your Darlings
Part of the grueling writing process is revision, which means cutting. Many times an author needs to remove a scene or character they love because it simply doesn't work for the overall story.
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My Own Worst Enemy
In writing, one of the first things I learned was a story must have tension. In fact, author C.S. Laken teaches about four main pillars of a story and one of those is “conflict with high stakes.“
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Is Your Eye Twitching?
In my last blog, I mentioned the six types of conflict in a story. Conflict is so important because tension moves the plot forward. It also helps develop the main character (MC).
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A Little Self-Care Goes a Long Way
Did you know that September is Self-Improvement Month? The Cambridge Dictionary defines self-improvement as “the activity of learning new things on your own to make you a more skilled or able person.“
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What do You Fear?
Spiders🕷? Heights? Scary movies? That hair on your chin that no one tells you about? Everyone fears something — some of those fears are rational and some are not.