You’re an artist. Did you know that? Of course you are. Writers use words as their paint and the pages of their manuscript as the canvas. I was thinking about how long it’s been since I lifted a paintbrush (not just the kind and size designed for painting kitchen cabinets and walls) and yearning to […]
Month: May 2013
I Didn’t Mean to Write That
Have you ever spent all day writing, only to discover when you lift your fingers from the keyboard that you’ve not written what you planned? Well, it happens to me. A lot. Yep, I just spent all day writing, and not a word of it was written for this post. Oh, I’ve got hundreds of […]
The Man Behind the Dry Words
His obituary was dry and short. It named his surviving siblings, child, grand- and great-grandkids, and informed readers that he was a farmer and heavy equipment operator who loved barbeques and cookouts. Left unsaid were all the things that made him who he was. Like the fact that he came from a large family that […]
Writers Battle Diabetes and Win
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’m enthusiastic about writers supporting each other. I see more instances of this everywhere I turn. And I’ll mention some of them to you at times. Many of these support efforts come into being because of personal experiences in a writer’s life, or those of friends or family […]