This week my accountability group is blogging about writer’s block and how we deal with it. Last week’s post on what has writing taught us and what we have learned over the years is also part of our How I Write series. “Is writer’s block real or a myth and how do you deal with…
Diary, journal, memoir, chronicle, first hand account. Why on earth would anyone bother with such a trivial pursuit as to list what one had for breakfast, what the weather was like, or how much it costs to purchase necessary groceries for the week? Who cares about this kind of detail when we’re all living it…
Don’t worry, I’m not going to wax nostalgic about an 80s movie here. But the title was fitting for how I’ve been thinking about this blog lately… It doesn’t matter what I say in this post, it’s more a matter of a need to “say anything” at all. I just need to post something, and…
Yup. Layers. Changing your way of thinking and looking at the world isn’t easy and it doesn’t shift overnight. Repeatedly banging your head against the same walls can help. Wait, I mean repeatedly exposing yourself to the same ideas in different venues, formats and states of mind. I decided to subject you to some snippets…
In my journal entry on Friday, I wrote a big whine about how my progress with The Flower Queen’s Daughter was going. It isn’t really relevant except I was asked in chat what I wrote about in my journal. I replied that I usually use it for ranting, whining, and thinking out loud about what…
Saving my journal entry this morning, I realized this week marked two solid months. I’ve only missed 4 days since the end of June. This is impressive for me. Usually, I have the attention span of a gnat and projects are fun to start, but never seem to be finished. My early journal entries are…