#amwriting: Intermission

Yes, I know. This is supposed to be the post where I give my opinion about something in the news [#takeonnews] but I need to do something for myself before I become completely deranged. § I probably should have done this in December. After all, there were some great movies on the boob tube then …

#writerslife: Writing and Exercise

This is my first post in this category, #writerslife, and it took me a while to think of something I thought was worthwhile to discuss on this page. Then I came across an article at the CNN site written by Susan Scutti that addressed the effects on the body that sitting for long periods of …

Assessing Time

Back when I was in high school writing short [very short] stories and poems in a spiral notebook while sitting on my bed Indian style, I wrote until I had nothing more to say or until I heard my mom yell for help in fixing the evening meal. I didn’t give one inkling of thought …

Last Half of Summer

I think it was three years ago when I decided to set aside my blog for the entirety of August to work on my WiP. And yes, it did help me, which was kind of a shocker to me. At the time, I thought my mind would race towards the blog every chance it got... …

Where My Time To Write Is

If I asked when is my time to write, I’d have had an answer--at least I used to have the answer. I had my daily plan set up so that I wrote from ten in the morning to twelve noon and from three in the afternoon to four thirty. These weren’t and still aren’t the …