Just splat it out!

Today I started reading a really great book, Sketch by Sketch: A Creative Path to Emotional Healing and Transformation, by Sheila Darcey. I really loved how Darcey encourages her readers - creators who are feeling discouraged in their art, writing, music etc. - to try sketching out their feelings, and see what creative ideas might…

Daydreaming

Sometimes it helps me to just lie down and daydream. Often, it helps me when I'm having difficulty writing a conversation between two characters, or don't know what to write next. Maybe it helps you, too! Let's explore the why and how of daydreaming. Featured Photo: by Pixabay on pexels.com Why daydreaming helps writers As…

Discovering Writer Jane Yolen

Good afternoon! Is anyone else excited for April? 'Cause I sure am! I am hoping to start some gardening projects soon, and I look forward to showers and flowers, hopefully. Here in Florida we get tons of rain, but I kindof like it. It's peaceful, and having been raised in California, it's different, for me.…

Ambiguous endings

Hello all, I don't want to spoil anything, but I just read a book with a sortof ambiguous ending - although even that is argued against, by some - and I'm still digesting and deciding whether I liked it or not. Do you like endings that are uncertain, or do you like all loose ends…

Bits & bobs

I was inspired by some nature photos on Tumblr to write some short little poems. Featured Photo (above) by Ukrainian artist/photographer Irena Polishchuk, @iren.polishchuk. two fellows on a thin, long trailslowly walk through swathes of timeone tilts upon t’other’s shouldercrispy leaves follow in their wakeCopyright C.S. Kinnaird by lilartsy on pexels drift in the darkness…

William S Burroughs & the Muse

Dear friends, Writer William S Burroughs says about the Muse - that elusive inspiration we're ever searching for: An artist must be open to the muse. The greater the artist, the more he is open to “cosmic currents.” He has to behave as he does. If he has “the courage to be an artist,” he is committed to behave…

Creativity waters creativity

Hello everyone, I got Covid again around February 1 and was sick for that first week. That's why I didn't post recently. I spent last week working from home, waiting for my negative test and resting extra. This Omicron variant made me quite tired; and I still have some cough and mucus. But it was…

Discovering Writer Elizabeth Roderick

Hello all, I'm here to talk about one of my author friends again. I met her years ago in San Luis Obispo, California when we joined a writing critique group. We were in the group with 2 other people, also talented, writing an assortment of types of novels - YA, fantasy, etc. My friend Liz's…

Stop making excuses!

Dear writers and readers, The title of this post is for me, no judgment for you here - but it might encourage you, too. Yesterday I was thinking about the exhaustion of this pandemic continuing, and how I want something bright and different to happen, I'm tired of not seeing friends and family, not going…

Book Review: “Pack Up the Moon” by Kristan Higgins

Happy New Year dear readers and writers! I have been struggling with anxiety and post-Covid heart issues, so I have not been able to post for some time. But with medicine and acupuncture, I am finally feeling some improvement. Thank you for your patience these past few weeks that I have posted less often or…