2009 Goals

I’m going to stick my neck out here and post my writing goals. I’ll choose 3.
Goal #1: Learn Word. I can admire Bill Gates but I hate Word. I use it only when forced to and every “new, improved version” appears more cumbersome to me. So accomplishing this goal will be my most difficult. However, [...]

Remembering John

Christmas is a joyous season as I wrote about last week. However, for me it is also a sad event, at least the few days leading up to Christmas itself. For the three days prior to Christmas Eve, I fight a jagged hurt in my heart. My Paul-Newman-blue-eyed son died a few days before Christmas, [...]

A Writer’s Christmas Wish List

My family celebrates Christmas. As children we looked forward to getting something from Santa at that time, and during this preparation for Christmas, called Advent, part of what we did very early was make a list. Do you remember doing that? I’m sure Mom enjoyed the fact that when we made our lists we were [...]

A Steamy Morning Moment

A few days ago a writer friend of mine ventured into the blogging ocean.
 
Her first post grabbed my attention. But then she’s a great writer, so how could her entry not?
 
Her post discussed those scenes we writers get in our heads.  The ones that won’t leave us alone.  We don’t know where they came from [...]