Here I share my love for words. Book reviews, author interviews, and my own poetry and prose.
When you’re a writer the first thing you do in the morning is write even if it’s just one sentence or one word. You write. That is the discipline that I learned from participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I have wanted to be a writer as long as I can remember but …
Two plastic eggs On a fake china plate Two embryos Vying for life in a petri dish Two ideas Whose time has yet come Waiting for life to be breathed into them Like a man that is way past his prime Socks sagging around his ankles Shuffling feet Heading no where fast Walking to the …
You gently bump your head against my hand softly at first then become more forceful When I don’t respond you touch your nose to mine When I still don’t respond you gently tap my arm becoming more insistent with each tap I reach out to touch your head you purr I stop You reach out …
It is another glorious Appalachian day. The sun is shining and a cold wind is blowing outside, while inside I sit at my desk writing with the blessing of heat and warmth. The dogs are barking incessantly as the mailman approaches our house. He is oblivious to the sound of chaos from inside as he …
2015 a year full of possibilities, blessings, and abundance. This is going to be a great year! Fifteen minute timed writing before dinner. Today has been a very productive day. We got the pantry cleaned out and all the tools sorted. We even got all the paper towels put away – an entire case. We …
is it sadness or is it madness that permeates my soul this longing for TIME LONG FORGOTTEN BY MOST a time of carefree youth that I squandered NOT REALIZING one day it would be gone so busy chasing an elusive dream never stopping to see the beauty in the sun wanting to grow up so …
By my birthday, in May, I will be ready to publish a book. Yes, it is written and now it will be done. Write it down or say it out loud to someone else and it is binding to your word. It is a promise to yourself that you will keep. It is a goal …
She is talking about bills and I don’t even. I am trying to focus on writing and she wants to talk about money I don’t have. I don’t like to talk money because it stresses me out. I try not to think about money any more then I need to. When you are poor it …
I need to get me a little notebook to keep with me all the time to jot stuff down in or maybe there is a program or app. There’s an app for that! There is something about having a little notebook and actually writing on a page that makes it seem more like a writer …
[contentblock id=1 img=gcb.png] Today is an exercise in futility and is just me throwing random words together on paper to make random sentences to turn them into paragraphs of nonsensical randomized bullshit that is not even good bullshit. Being the Queen of Bullshit you would think this would be much better but alas even the …
I just found out National Novel Writing Month exists and I have accepted the challenge. This month will be a practice in self-discipline and writing. I have to write over 1,600 words per day to reach the goal of 50,000 in a month. Not sure if I will even get a novel out of this …
I was looking through some old writing notebooks today and came across this. The intoxicating scent of sandalwood and myrrh filled the air as the bedside lamp highlighted the imperfections of the ancient plaster wall. The dust of the ages gave the wall a regal patina of antiquity. The oils from a thousand hands had …
