What inspired me to start writing? What crazy, wild things happened to me as a child that made me want to embark on this crazy endeavor of writing? Were there any special people that helped kick it off? Are there any origin stories explaining the human being (for lack of a better term) that writes... Continue Reading →
June Update: The Times They Are a’Changin’
Come writers and critics... Who prophesize with your pen... And keep your eyes wide... The chance won't come again... And don't speak too soon... For the wheel's still in spin... And there's no tellin' who... That it's namin'... For the loser now... Will be later to win... For the times they are a-changin' - Bob... Continue Reading →
You Can See Something Most Others Cannot
As travelers go around the world and report natural objects and phenomena, so let another stay at home and report the phenomena of his own life.Henry David Thoreau I made an Instagram post awhile ago. And the post was about how sometimes we don’t have to be the ones with the amazing, beautiful, best poem,... Continue Reading →
Writers, Reach for the Heavens | Part 2
Shake off the doubt and respectfully accept the difference between heavenly feelings and Earthly feelings. Part of the Earthly understanding of those heavenly feelings is the sense of weightlessness, of flight, of peace, of tranquility. Terri Main once said: “You are a writer. The ‘normal’ ship sailed without you long ago.” And part of being... Continue Reading →
Writers, Reach for the Heavens | Part 1
Giving readers and audiences an image (and a feeling is something of an image, right?) gives them a single thing to hold onto in your work of art and that unites people. But the best kind of image that people can hold onto in a piece of art is one that unites them with God.... Continue Reading →