The natural world, life, and dogs.
Funny, what triggers a memory, and what rabbit holes your mind goes down from there. Just over a year ago – September 29, 2018 – I posted a story about Holst’s The Planets and the boyfriend who introduced me to that music on my personal Facebook page. Yesterday, I saw an ad for a concert… Continue reading Adventures in Online Dating
1. You can do this. You’ve done this before (well, something similar, at least). 2. The Zone. It exists. You found it, writing your first book, and you can find it again. It’s amazing and worth pursuing. 3. Put words on virtual paper. Spill your guts, without an internal editor/filter. 4. Follow your muse’s lead.… Continue reading Hey, Self: Some Tips to Remember During November’s NaNoWriMo Challenge
Pull up your big girl panties and just do it. Write, that is. A novel. So, NaNoWriMo starts November 1st. What's NaNoWriMo, you ask? A nonprofit that "...believes in the transformational power of creativity. We provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds—on and… Continue reading Big Girl Panties
A couple of my recent blog posts have mentioned finding the world a bit too peopley lately, that I needed time in the forest, in nature, to feel balanced again. People wear me down. Nature charges me back up. It’s that simple. I joke - in a serious way – that I prefer dogs to… Continue reading Don’t Knock! An Introvert Lives Here.
It's said that writing is like a muscle; one needs to keep flexing it regularly, daily if possible. I would add that, like so many types of exercise that keep our muscles strong - in my case, running - writing must become a habit so that when you do miss a day, you notice. You… Continue reading Flexing Muscles
We all have our bad days. Sometimes those bad days stretch into several bad days, even weeks or months. The bad can be physical, emotional, social, relational, political, or some combination of some or all of those things. In this wonderful, supportive community of bloggers, writing and reading blog posts is a balm for much… Continue reading Unexpected Gifts: Why You Should Keep Writing
Wild Sensibility 