Writing – Page 31 – Forest Idylls

A Breakthrough

An amazing and unprecedented thing happened to me day before yesterday. I woke up, and, later in the day, my mind naturally turned to writing. As you all know, I have had lots of angst around it in the last several months, and trying to “get the spark and passion back” etc. But, as IContinueContinue reading “A Breakthrough”

Story Ideas

So, I decided to actually do something today rather than mooning about, thinking about how I wished I was writing again. So, I signed up for Writer’s Digest, dug through and pulled out several old pages of long ago story titles and ideas, and reread them, and then I pulled out Gail Carson Levine’s Writing Magic:ContinueContinue reading “Story Ideas”

Writing Hopes

So I discovered an incredibly encouraging fact! I may be far older than Emily of New Moon in any of her books, but guess what? I am YOUNGER than L.M. Montgomery was when she published Anne of Green Gables and jumpstarted her writing career! You know what that means?? My heart finally believes what myContinueContinue reading “Writing Hopes”

A Writer’s Identity Crisis(es?)

Do you mind if I ramble a bit? Well, if so, go ahead and leave now, because I am going to do it anyway. In fact, I am going to intersperse my WHOLE workday with rambling on this post. Or, at least until I am tired of it or feel I have said everything on myContinueContinue reading “A Writer’s Identity Crisis(es?)”