Archive for March, 2009
Distracted by Your Own Words? Try This.
We live in a small house. Our den/computer room is arranged such that my screen is visible to anyone in the room. While this exercise is not new for me, I found a new use for my six-point type writing exercise. Privacy!
In addition to allowing me to type whatever words come to mind with [...]
Critical Perception
Creativity spans many aspects of an individual. One of those things is perception. Most of you will recognize the image to the right. So which do you see when you first look? Do you see the old crone or do you see the young fashionable lady? How you view things at first glance (and second) [...]
Relax! I Hear It’s Good for You
I’ve spent the last week doing something pretty rare for me. Since I started the website, the blog, committed to finishing literary projects, and worked to come to terms with the necessary evil called the “day job,” I don’t get a lot of down time.
This week, I did. And of course, I feel guilty. But [...]
Saturday Morning Post 3.14.09
Yay for belly-up routers! Now that I’ve returned to the land of the interwebs, here we go.
This is Read an E-Book Week, and there are a lot of great places to look. Free e-books for the ipod (limited time), Many free things to read at Scribd, and often free downloads at Lulu, such as Brynmere’s [...]
The Princess Dress
“You are not a princess, and this is not a fairy tale.”
Those words haunted her still. The little girl who twirled around the living room in a cast off satin nightgown and plastic crown was stricken to hear them spoken. She had deflated like a balloon with a fast leak, slinking away to her room [...]
