Archive for October, 2008
Die-Hard Journal-Keeper
Someone at work today asked me why I didn’t seem to be so worried over the economic crisis or the election. It was so nice to have the opportunity to share my “secret!”
I keep a journal. I’ve kept one since I was in grade school, but got consistent with it 23 years ago. I could [...]
Saturday Morning
Each weekend I post some of the best things I’ve found for writers during the week. Sometimes links not related to writing are included if they made me laugh or think. Feel free to add your own findings in the comments section. The more we share, the more we all learn, grow, and progress.
Whew, what [...]
Why a Night Owl Gets up Early When She Doesn’t Have To
I don’t often get to indulge my love of early morning pages. My new retirement dream is to write them every day!
I have always been intrigued by the process first described by Dorothea Brande and made popular by Julia Cameron. Dr. H Anne Klauser spoke of how the practice of writing early morning pages dramatically [...]
Compelled to Write
I was all set to write today about how changes in our lives and daily routine can affect writing. Indeed, it is a worthwhile topic.
Instead, I shall write about my response to changes…similar, but not the same.
It is true that there are always people worse off than we are, but I’ve had a pretty rough [...]
Saturday Morning
Here are links for some of the best things I’ve seen on the web this week. Let me know what you think.
In other news, I am collecting links for author sites that offer good advice to new and hopeful writers. If you know of an author site with good information, please let me [...]




