Category: Developing Creativity

  • When Blogging Becomes a Chore

    What comes to mind for you when you see the words? Chores. The very word conjures up memories of Saturday mornings spent dusting, vacuuming, doing laundry, weeding and many other unpleasant tasks BEFORE I could play with friends and have fun. Blogging. The other name for writing short pieces or longer articles that are timely, relevant, contribute…

  • Write Drunk & Edit Sober

    So advised Hemingway. So shared Linda Zeppa with me as we parted ways after her Sunday workshop on Developing the Intuitive You. It was an apropos comment for in some way I did feel quite intoxicated. On Tuesdays our rag tag collection of enterpreneurs and writers gathers to talk about what we would like to…

  • May 2012 be the year you FINALLY learn to WRITE as Yourself.

    When I was nine, I was given a Hallmark Diary. Pink Plaid. Locked with a small brass key. I was sure it was secure BUT then no one was actually interested in my nine year old ramblings (right?) Fast forward to 14. I am a freshman in Honors English: My new teacher, a new teacher…

  • A Reflection on Walking Dogs & My Writing Life

    I am a temporary “dog owner”: At least for the next ten days. I offered to help dear friends out and “volunteered” my daughter (who LOVES dogs) to watch a small, well-behaved and rambunctious Daschund named “Lily.” (My daughter is happy happy, for she loves “dogs and cats” that much.) Lily, isn’t trouble or very…

  • Publish or Perish? Really? (part 1 of 3)

    Beloved author, Paulo Coelho has many fine quotes, as the prolific writer he is and I dedicate this series to the themes within this statement: “Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to…

  • A Collection of Recent Thoughts on Writing

    A songwriter and musician was captured on a radio interview, saying, “A lot of people are visited by the muse and forget it.” I agree with this. I wonder why we as “writers/artists” don’t seize the moment and at least get a note or three down that we might recall our great insight to fill…

  • Writing Practice: What’s the point anyway?

    What is the point of developing a Writing Practice? Lately, I have been using The Right to Write by Julia Cameron as my source for writing prompts to flex my own writing muscles. Surrounded by a pair of equally devoted writers every Thursday night we gather to take on short and long writing prompts that…

  • Do I Want to Get An Extra Hour Out Of Every Day?

    There is a list below offering a myriad of ways to gain back an hour of time. Hey. You could use part of that hour to write for pleasure or business development!!! And I agree with most of the list..but do I work at all of them all of the time?  Not always and this…