Writing – Page 18 – Forest Idylls

Lost Moments

I learned a new form of poetry from my Writer’s Digest magazine. It’s called Catena Rondo, and I just wrote a poem using it. It’s a little rough, but I’m still kind of proud of doing it! See below and try not to judge too hard. 🙂 They say you can never go back AContinueContinue reading “Lost Moments”

Looking up

I’ve been having a hard week. I know that it is only Wednesday, but I still have been. To tell the absolute truth, I’ve been utterly crippled with fear. You know that fear that you would expect someone to have when they have just quit their very well-paying job because it is so stressful thatContinueContinue reading “Looking up”

The End Results

My month off ends tomorrow. I have to admit, it was…not what I thought. It does not necessarily follow that it must be unpleasant (to borrow a phrase from Jane Austen). I kind of envisioned, as a typical enneagram One/Type A, that I would hit my month off/month of writing and immediately go into fullContinueContinue reading “The End Results”

The Editing Cave

You know that lovely time that comes all too rarely when you are working SO WELL on your book that you just CAN’T stop? That happened to me yesterday. Well, technically, it started at about 12:30 AM yesterday morning, when I couldn’t sleep because I kept thinking about changes I wanted to make, and finallyContinueContinue reading “The Editing Cave”

Nitty Gritty Editing

Between yesterday and today, I managed to get through the second edit of my book! Well. Sort of. While going through it this time, and thanks to an article in an article from The Writer magazine I have realized there is FAR MORE work to be done that I realized. Therefore, now that I’ve goneContinueContinue reading “Nitty Gritty Editing”

Introducing Idyllwood

You may have seen a difference in my blog if you tried to access it yesterday – or you may not have. I am not sure how it works if you have it bookmarked or on your reader. **shrug**. Nonetheless, there HAVE been significant changes, which I am actually pretty excited about. It SHOULD beContinueContinue reading “Introducing Idyllwood”

Writer Fears

I’ve realized posts like yesterday’s probably belong more in The Writers of Ingleside, since it is more about daily life than writing – though you all know I like to talk about my life here too. But I’m going to try to keep this month’s posts a little more focused on my feelings as IContinueContinue reading “Writer Fears”

A Little Progress

Today was lovely! I was just a LITTLE bit more useful – does that mean I am finally feeling rested? After sleeping in super late again (hey, in my defense, I was up until 3:30 – okay – I guess that isn’t really a defense. More like. . .an admission), I made passion fruit icedContinueContinue reading “A Little Progress”

Day One of Writing Freedom

So, what do you think? Do you think you want to come along on my month of writing adventure? I thought maybe it would be fun, with me pursuing my dream for the first time in my life, to have company. So I’ve decided to TRY to write a blog post every day noting whatContinueContinue reading “Day One of Writing Freedom”

That Leap of Faith

This has been one of the longest years of my life. And yes, I know it is only March 24th. Here’s the thing. As I think I’ve mentioned before, I am less than happy at my job. And by less than happy, I mean checking my phone every few minutes on Sundays to see howContinueContinue reading “That Leap of Faith”