• Walking New Hampshire Reblog

    Walking New Hampshire Reblog

    I have been enjoying reading this mother and son’s journey walking across New Hampshire. I am inspired by their fighting spirit. They struggle to walk, something I take for granted and look what they did. Read about the trip and then I encourage to read the blog posts in the order they occurred. Be prepared…

  • A Writers Gotta Eat: Raise the Steaks with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

    A Writers Gotta Eat: Raise the Steaks with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

    The Story It was dark outside. There was a loud noise and sirens. I remember being carried by my Mom down the street to Wendy Court. There was a bright spot,  huge flames and firetrucks. I was not yet 5. The flames appeared to be all over a garage. I heard the adults talking and…

  • A Simple Way to Find the Beginning of Your Story

    via Daily Prompt: Static It is good to mix things up and not remain static. Today my goal is to write this, proof it and post in 20 minutes. Go! Dramatic writers have many conversations about the status quo. A play or screenplay is stasis, chaos, new stasis. As a new writer, the idea of…

  • Write Every Day—it’s the best thing you can do to invite inspiration and hone your craft.

    Write Every Day—it’s the best thing you can do to invite inspiration and hone your craft.

    Write every day. It is my favorite piece of writing advice. The post  “Should You Write Every Day? A Close Look at the Oldest Piece of Writing Advice,”  by Nathaniel Tower on Juggling Writer made me re-think how I give it. Reading the post, I realized Nathaniel and his followers do not know why, “Write every day,”…

  • Viable or Invisible?

    via Daily Prompt: Viable Words have different meanings in different places. In New York, viable meant worth doing, possible. A new creative project; a play, a musical to consider. Or it was a solution to a creative problem a friend was having. It meant my advice was wanted and sought. I was viable every day…

  • A Photo of Steaks.

    via Photo Challenge: Growth First, I had a heck of a time trying to post a photo on my blog. I use my iPhone to take all my photos and apparently during my hiatus Apple got rid of iPhoto and moved everything to Photos to make it easier to share photos across all devices. That’s…

  • Resolution: Life Will Interfere

    Writing. What does it mean? To me it has always meant using words to create pictures that affect other people. That’s the high flalutin’ answer. The reality is sitting for hours staring at a computer screen, usually with a bad posture, and creating ways to translate what’s in your head to a blank page with…

  • Today I am a Writer

    Today I crave a thing that cannot be obtained by a trip to the fridge or drive to the store. Money cannot buy it. My craving is from the brain, from the soul. I want to do the one thing I’m good at, the thing I love. Write. Unfettered and free. I want to write…