I read advice about editing. The Daily Post on WordPress presented a writing challenge to bloggers: Papa Says Get Economical. Ingredients you need: Paragraph from a previous blog Keyboard Backspace key Remember cut and let go. The Daily Post encourages bloggers to edit a post and use less words. No matter how long you've been… Continue reading Pave Your Road Using Less Words
Category: Books
I So Had to Tell You First
Got your attention. Good. That's what I wanted. Not to take up too much of your time. Since I am an ADD author and you're beginning to wonder: What's the point to today's post, I'll make it short … as possible. Here's the deal: I am working mom, who set many goals at the beginning of… Continue reading I So Had to Tell You First
Thurspiration: Bullet for a Book
Raise your hand if you've taken a bullet for your books. Raise your hand if you've taken a bullet for your education. Raise your hand if someone has threatened you because you deserve that right. Courtesy of http://www.vitalvoices.org/node/3341. In case you did not catch Time's 100 Most Influential People edition, one teenage girl was on the… Continue reading Thurspiration: Bullet for a Book
Days of Our Reading Lives: This Rock, Book Review
This Rock by Robert Morgan tells the struggle of a family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Rating: Sum It Up: Powell brothers, Moody and Muir, faceoff in a struggle to become men without a father. Ginny, their widowed mother, pushes younger brother, Muir, harder to work on the farm. Ambitious, Muir wants… Continue reading Days of Our Reading Lives: This Rock, Book Review
Days of Our Reading Lives: This Rock, Part I
Inspired by Pat Conroy's The Reading Life, I created a new themed post, Days of Our Reading Lives. Why is it important? Reading for a writer is sensual. It is an endurance of an author's passion over a long period of time much like a strong relationship. Books connect you to people, open new doors and… Continue reading Days of Our Reading Lives: This Rock, Part I
Write like a Turtle, Edit like a Fox
Courtesy of http://fadingamericans.wordpress.com/featured-animals/green-sea-turtle/ The sea turtle, box turtles and large land turtles take their time getting somewhere, but they choose different paths, have a hard shell and get where they're going. Courtesy of http://www.frmheadtotoe.com/2012/10/fox-halloween-tutorial.html The fox watches, waits and listens. Those are essential to editing. When you think you're ready to send a piece out,… Continue reading Write like a Turtle, Edit like a Fox
Thurspiration: Strength to Stand
Spring has taken it's time this year. It waits beneath the fallen leaves and frost at the end of March. As April begins, we try to remember the last time we experienced a spring starting late in the Carolinas. Maybe the seasons want us to wait and remember. See death was not done collecting lives… Continue reading Thurspiration: Strength to Stand
InspireMe: Where You Find Your Story
The house settled by the Ogle family in the Great Smokey Mountains near Gatlinburg, Tenn. How will you create your place? Where is it located? How often have you traveled there or visited this place in your imagination? Do you miss it when you go? A downtown view of Gatlinburg, Tenn. The truth is that… Continue reading InspireMe: Where You Find Your Story
In the Coming Weeks
I am back. You: Back from what? I didn't know you were gone. Me: What do you mean you didn't know I was gone? You: You're not the center of the blogosphere. Me: Yes, you're right, but I am back. My husband, John, and I spent the weekend in Gatlinburg, Tenn. We took a break, planned… Continue reading In the Coming Weeks
Friday Night Writes: Reasons Why We Write
Write what you know. Write what inspires you. Write about what you're interested in. Write about what you're willing to research. Write what you fear. Courtesy of http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/lindsayreyes/ Some bloggers write to share knowledge of publishing and share how-to query. Others blog to write. I have heard the above advice and reasons at different points… Continue reading Friday Night Writes: Reasons Why We Write
Corrie's Season 