• Check out this site for some inspiration and company on this often solitary writing path.
• Five questions to keep in mind as you write a story from a master storyteller.
• A new challenge awaits you here if you are up for it.
• This looks like fun.
• An intriguing article on the push and release [...]
Archive for the ‘motivation’ Category
Link Love
Posted in creative process, inspiration, motivation on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a Love/Hate Thing
Posted in creative process, motivation on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If I update my blog I can then officially cross the last item off of my to-do list for today. I don’t believe I have ever crossed every single thing off in one day. What gives?
Well, I’ll tell you. I’ve been laying low lately. Usually that means I’ve slipped off the creative/motivation radar. Not this [...]
A New Year, A New (fill in the blank)
Posted in creative process, inspiration, motivation, writing on January 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This month so many magazine covers boast variations on the headline “A new year, A new you” and I am left asking myself what is wrong with the old me? For the first time in many, many years I did not approach this New Year’s eve with my usual frantic scrambling of resolutions designed to [...]
Some Link Love
Posted in inspiration, motivation on December 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some interesting links (that I found thanks to Leah) to inspire you as you head into the weekend.
• Break through writer’s block here
• This looks like so much fun. I think I’ll play with it after I write today. Would make great homemade gifts for the holidays.
• A pep talk to just do [...]
Week 4 of The Artist’s Way
Posted in The Artist's Way, creative process, inspiration, motivation, reading on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Morning pages everyday day for week 3? Check. It surprised me that for several days almost the entire three pages were filled with reflections on the election and the economy.
Artist Date? Check. I volunteered at the local Obama headquarters. I did some data entry, inputting info from phone calls. I consider this an artist date [...]
Friday Check-In
Posted in creative process, motivation, writing on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a month or so of parties and company and family reunions, the girls are back in school and I have settled into a semblance of a routine. Since they both leave at 6:50 in the morning I can workout, do yoga, eat, shower and be at my desk by 9:00 most mornings. My ideal [...]
Warning… whining rant ahead
Posted in inspiration, motivation, writing on March 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I know that rejection is part of this business. A huge part. I know all the numbers of rejections by writers who are now hugely popular. I know the ridiculous amount of submissions journals get each month compared to the handful they actually have room to accept and publish. I know that it can be [...]
Looking at Resistance
Posted in creative process, motivation, writing on January 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This book has been on one of my many bookshelves for several years. For some reason I just never read it or finished it. Using “war” in terms of “art” felt wrong somehow. But now here it is the third day of the new year and while I am showing up to my story, I [...]
Old Year, New Year
Posted in inspiration, motivation, writing on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a sucker for new year’s resolutions. I love the idea of a brand new year ahead of me. I know a brand new year can start on any date I choose but still…there’s just something about the actual new year. Before I look ahead I like to look back at what I’ve accomplished in [...]
