“Sometimes Writer’s Block = Depression”

Hello, friends! My apologies for not posting yesterday, on Wednesday. I had a rough day, and am still somewhat going through it. But, I will be posting again on Wednesdays as usual, starting next week. In addition to reviewing After Dark by Haruki Murakami, who we discussed in another post, I'm going to be reviewing…

A Piece of History

Hello everyone, Today I'm sharing a snippet of my own writing, a piece of history, if you will. Currently I'm working on a YA historical novel set during the American Civil War era, as well as researching publishing a poetry chapbook the traditional way. If you have any ideas or resources, let me know! 1850s…

On the Edge – a poem

In these crazy times we live in, I had to try to express myself with poetry: I now reside on a needle tip every moment could be my fall dark clouds grasp me while red fires burnbillowing flamesBreath eludes me Love’s soft songdrains awayA moment more andI couldn’t have born it I walk the edge…

2020 inspiration; writing historical fiction

FEELING INSPIRED IN 2020 Hello everyone, I hope your 2020 is going well. Recently, I've been feeling quite inspired. After a long time of struggle with my novel revision on my epic fantasy novel, (epic as in the genre, not tooting my own horn), I've finally got back in the game. Somehow, ideas have been…

Wishes – A Poem

Missing you todayOn the day you passed awayWish you could have stayedEven a little bit more Wish you could have seenWho I might have beenWith you by my sideThrough wax ‘n waning tides Buffeted by the windThrough the thick and thinHow I would have grownWith your guidance shone But the growing’s not throughAs I try…

500 words/day update

The wagon My friends, It has not been easy to be on the 500 words/day wagon. I have fallen off multiple times, and it's been barely a week. When you don't have much confidence in your writing left, and haven't been writing consistently in a long time, it's really hard to stay on the wagon.…

For my father

Hurt, but not broken I remember you Years of laughter in the skies Feet trodding by the trees   We saw many sunsets Sunrises apart I look back to you You have floated on   When will I remember To live as you lived Sky gazing, tree gazing Heart always open   Helping and healing…

Tarot and Writing: 2

Tarot Inspirations In my first tarot and writing post I said I'd be sharing my tarot drawings, but instead I'm going to share a new thing that has come up for me. The Fool's Journey When I first started studying tarot, one of the books I read (alas, I can't remember which) told the story of…

Character Motivations and Emotions

Thought of the Week How do you feel a character's emotions and motivations? How do you write them well? Personal Recently I had someone in my monthly writing group point out a bad bit of plotting and a major character motivation issue, all in chapter 4, the chapter where I feel my book really gets…

Tarot and Writing: 1

Hi everyone! Today I'll talk about writing in relation to tarot card reading! I'm going to try to improve and post more frequently. Thank you to all my followers. Using tarot as a writer There are so many ways that we can use tarot as writers. For example we can use tarot cards to: Get…