The truth hurts as the saying goes and I think it's doubly true when looking at the cold hard facts of ones limitations. Taking a look in the mirror and really seeing what's there is what I'm writing about today. My inspiration? An article by Kate McKean, a literary agent, over at The Outline titled menacingly … Continue reading Sometimes it’s best not to kid yourself…

As promised I'm here to share a little of what I came up while working on one of Svani Parekh's great awesome writing prompts. Admittedly I picked one of the easier ones (for me anyway), but sharing these personal memories is hard enough. Svani says it best: Great writers let readers peer into their pathetic, … Continue reading Sense Memory and Me…

With the challenge of getting myself back into a daily writing habit before me I'm keenly interested in anything that will help me get writing. Enter the writing prompt. I've used prompts off and on over my years of writing as a way of flexing my creativity and using something, anything, to get the words … Continue reading If nothing else, follow your nose…

A writing routine is a lot like diet and exercise. It's much easier to stay in good shape than it is to get in good shape. Now that I'm dusting off the proverbial cobwebs and starting to get writing (and moving) again, I'm confronted with the inescapable fact that I'm pretty out of writing shape … Continue reading Building a Daily Writing Habit

Break time is over kids. It's been seven long months, but I at last have a job to pay the bills and the extra bandwidth needed to get back to writing and posting to this site. You can plan on finding updates here every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Lots to discuss from both my time … Continue reading Reset, Refresh, Restart