Writing Journal

On Writing

I have several rules to writing. OK, there are not really rules. Let’s call them strong suggestions. None of these are original and I take no credit for any of them, but all have proved true over my 30 years of writing. The suggestions are not listed by importance - I put them on the page as they tumbled off my pointy, little head.  Write however is...

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So You Want to Write a Book

Since you didn’t ask, I thought I would give you, my lone reader, a personalized insider’s view of the hows, whys and wherefores of writing a book. I have done this 12 times in the past and I still don’t really know how it happens and I certainly haven’t learned how to not torture myself through its completion.  Ok, you’ve decided you want to write a...

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Be a Writer

You have that little bug inside of you that fancies yourself a writer, don’t you? Not a writer now but a someday writer — someone who can tell a story or describe a place or share what is inside in a compelling and entertaining way. You’ve always wanted to write but something always came up and when you occasionally did try it wasn’t very good...

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Why Share?

Okay, so lets get right down the nitty-gritty — Why? Why show your creative efforts? Why share what you make or write or photograph or weave or cook or digitally cobble together? What’s the point? Can’t you be a photographer or a writer or a web designer or a weaver or a painter or a code writer or teacher without sharing your talents with...

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