perils in writing and whatnot
The Daily Post sponsors the #weekendcoffeeshare. Twitter is also using this hashtag. If this is something you’d like to do, whether it be weekly like it’s supposed to be or the way I do it, once a month, I hope you will join in. [This month I am doing straight prose for this post.] While …
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Dan Antion, the owner of the blog, No Facilities, asked a question a little over a month ago that I would like to explore in my own perspective. What Happened to Our Independence? He was not talking so much about the U.S. as a nation as he was addressing the general attitude of so many …
Often the method of writing does not seem to be getting the job done at all. Even if I start out with that blank page of the first draft and begin to pound on the keyboard with gusto. I know that somewhere along the way, I will have to stop to do writing tasks that …
I do not bring up my health afflictions often but I do mention them on occasion because they do affect my writing. The last two times I wrote about my perils with health are here and here. [Both links open a new window.] These problems still inhibit my daily routine at times and probably will …
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The Daily Post sponsors the #weekendcoffeeshare. Twitter is also using this hashtag. If this is something you’d like to do, whether it be weekly like it’s supposed to be or the way I do it, once a month, I hope you will join in. [Your dialogue is in navy. My dialogue is in maroon.] Somehow …
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How hard (or easy) do you make it for other people to help you? Do your friends and family know when you do (or don't) want (or need) help? Are you too independent (or too needy)? How much do you project your own attitudes towards asking and receiving help onto the people closest to you? …
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Summer is here for all those living north of the equator. Vacations are being planned and executed with delight. At least some people are doing that. For me, it is a time for making pronouncements and constancies with the things I want to do with my life--in particular, my writing. Are you thinking I am …
I have been one of those people who thought I was always going to handle the loss of a loved one the same way no matter who the person was. Sure, there would be different degrees of grief depending on how close I felt to the person while he or she was alive but I …
I have come up with a new idea for a story. I am, most definitely, still in the preliminary stages with it trying to figure out what my settings will be, how the plot should evolve, and who my characters will be. This post depicts the first of numerous character sketches. § He lumbered into …
The Daily Post sponsors the #weekendcoffeeshare. Twitter is also using this hashtag. If this is something you’d like to do, whether it be weekly like it’s supposed to be or the way I do it, once a month, I hope you will join in. Last month I wrote this post as a dialogue between you, …
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Yes, I know muckiness is not a real word but it describes the dilemma I found myself in during most of last month, the month of May. The dictionary define the word muck as 1. moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure. 2. a highly organic, dark or black soil, less than 50 percent …
Everyone has an in-built guide. It’s a voice, a knowing, a nudge that guides you from danger. Some people have developed it and some haven’t, but everyone has it. Listen to your heart. In every issue, listen to your heart. It may save your life. ~ Madam Ova Sabi § I recently started following the …
