Gather 'round…
...Do not tell me you are a writer but have no time to write. I don’t have time for that (because I am writing)... Linda Lafferty on Finding Time to Write | WritersDigest.com. Ouch. Delivered to my inbox this afternoon was this article from Writer's Digest. Linda Lafferty is a busy woman. I daresay busier than... Continue Reading →
Things are tightening down a bit. And loosening up. My image of God, my perception of the Truth, my model of Perfection. They are being honed in and refined, while at the same time broadening out and becoming more and more universal. It is an interesting process, and one which has proven greatly frustrating, and... Continue Reading →
Writers are scribes of the human experience. To write about life we must see it and feel it, and in a way that eludes most. We are not better people in any way - read the biographies of great writers and this becomes crystal clear - but we are alive in a way that others... Continue Reading →
I've read much about how rewriting can become an illness, an unstoppable virus that can take over your life and paralyze you. Until last month, I wondered at these authors, making such heinous claims. I have been writing my novel for over a year without looking back, in true NaNoWriMo form, only rereading when I... Continue Reading →
"Just write. Write whatever comes out on the page. Don't worry about content, grammar, anything. Just write." We've all been told this at some point in our lives. It is not advice given exclusively to writers. If anyone has ever been in charge of our education, we've been told to just get some words on paper.... Continue Reading →
If you've read any books on writing, at least books on writing with the intent of being published, then you know that there are seventy-five million ways to be rejected, a deluge of precise methods we can employ to ensure our work will never see the light of day. Despite our desire to 'just write'... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Nexus 