In honor of spring, I decided to do throw the windows wide and let in some new, fresh air to circulate with the familiar furniture of my imagination. So for the next few weeks, I’m going to read a few books on writing that don’t look like the sort of thing I’d normally pick up. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
Spring Breezes for this Writer
Posted in Books, tagged creativity, writing on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eight Thousand Mile Journey
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, revision, writer's block on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s felt like a long journey these last few weeks, hours at the compute with little quality writing happening. Not much fun. But, thankfully, it didn’t freak me out (too much) because I’m finally learning to accept that these things happen in the process. At least, I’ve been here before and it has always passed. [...]
Creative License
Posted in Books, doing art, writing, tagged creativity on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week I did it–made my goal of being present to revision four hours a day, four days the week! Hooray! Celebration. So, of course, I feel compelled to do it again. Two hours today (Sunday) and four a day Monday through Thursday. I’m keeping with my new attitude: being present those hours for the [...]
Pantsers Unite!
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, planning, revision on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday one of my favorite bloggers, Cindy of A Writer’s Diary, had this to say about Eckhart Tolle and writing: “She [Oprah] wanted to know if he [Tolle] sat down to write aware of what he would say, if it was all planned out in his head, or what. He said he didn’t usually know, he made time in [...]
Gigabyte Overload
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, revision on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I focused on two things: four hours of work on the revision and hooking up to the first live webcast for Oprah’s A New Earth worldwide web event. Both wound up a little stuttery, blocked, choppy and unfulfilling. The writing because I was trying to dump too much at once. The Oprah show because [...]
Moving Mountains
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, snow, writer's block on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a lot of snow here this winter to say the least. Just yesterday I walked my drive, a third of mile of dirt road, and studied the three-foot high ice walls on either side. They’ve gotten narrower with each day’s load of snow (today we got another 12 inches and more is [...]
Supper Time
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged creativity, nature, snow, surprises on February 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This was the view out of my living room window two evenings ago. It was quite a surprise! And while it’s true I put out corn for them in the winter, so far this winter, I’ve had only three or four at a time, usually just at dusk. This was daylight and out of nowhere, [...]
Getting Back to Work
Posted in writing, tagged creativity, writing on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During my recent three-week trip, I didn’t work on any of my writing projects. Which doesn’t mean I didn’t write. In fact, I wrote dozens of haiku (well, words in haiku form) as part of a meditative/creative practice. Sit in a space and attend to all your senses, then as fast as you can, write [...]
Sepia World
Posted in doing art, nature, tagged creativity, nature, snow, surprises, writing on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just spent three weeks on St. John in the USVI and came back to subzero cold and feet of snow. No, I’m not complaining. I’m so grateful that it didn’t all melt to mud before I got home to enjoy it! I love winter in the tropics, 80 degree air and ocean and snorkeling [...]
