So I’m stuck right now with expanding upon the second act of my WIP. I need more twists, but coming up with plausible events that seem to appear out of nowhere for the reader is tough enough. Mapping it out,… Read more ›
A good story is about change: a character changing to overcome a difficult situation. It doesn’t matter who the main character is (could be the girl next door; a single-mom baker next to city hall; a sim lab instructor at… Read more ›
Painting my living room and dining/study has been surprisingly therapeutic. Ideas are beginning to trickle into awareness. Finally. I shouldn’t complain, of course, but these HTTS lessons — once I allow myself to settle into each — are encouraging other… Read more ›
My 2013 New Year’s resolution / project was to focus on a writing project — revision, specifically, since my creative spark remains a barely-glowing ember after the past couple of years. On January 1st I pulled my very first draft… Read more ›
reincarnating beauty in life, color, love riches will return
The Moon card has been popping up for me everywhere these past few days. What on Earth (haHa!) is it trying to tell me? knight of swords // 9 of cups // the hanged man XII Deck: Tarot of the… Read more ›
I had a bit of an epiphany some time ago, about our purpose for existing. Not just mine, but all of ours. Not just humans, but everyone and everything in the universe. If we all come from One Divine Creator who… Read more ›
Frightful living dead, these words in my head need a pickaxe or backhoe!
Banish bad away: Light to the furthest reaches – Shadows disappear.
After the Twelve left, did the server drink the wine drops He left behind?
Forever onward Marching ranks directed through Unspoken purpose
dug up from its grave a fresh start, grand chance; my new opportunity
I don’ t know about any of y’all, but my muse seems to have up and deserted me. Since October, actually. She must have gotten tweaked at the mere suggestion that she wasn’t pulling her weight with this whole writing… Read more ›
I’m finally thinking about writing again. Still no clue what *about*, but it’s comforting nonetheless. As I slashed and burned through Silent Chances last summer (a.k.a. HTRYN* Lessons 14-17), I really struggled with my plot and figuring out the motivations… Read more ›
treasure awaits you; rain may fall, but I believe in rainbows today