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Writing With a Naked Soul
Writing With a Naked Soul
There are some pretty standard writing cliches out there that I always thought I agreed with. On the surface, I do. Some are just so much more profound than others.
Example: Write what you know. Yes. and no. Write what interests you. Write what youâre willing to research. Write what makes you excited to get to the page. Write what you want to read.
Example: Stick to one genre.I was never a fanâŠ
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The Future of Physical Writing
The Future of Physical Writing
I know, Itâs a dramatic image, isnât it?
Iâve had my grandson since April, and Iâve taken charge of the homeschooling his district is doing through the COVIDÂ closures. He is eight years old and in advanced programs for math and reading.
It breaks my heart to say this, but he hates writing. He hates the physical act of holding a pencil and putting marks on the paper. Heâs come close to hatingâŠ
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The Journey Creates New Words
The Journey Creates New Words
Itâs amazing how life can be somewhat peaceful and then turn you on your head. Iâll give you the basic run down, but the chaos of the last 2 1/2 years is not the topic of this post.
In January, 2018, my husband died. In May, I developed a pulmonary embolism. In November, the building attached to mine burned to the ground, taking the water main, the electrical, and my car with it (totaledâŠtheâŠ
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Is Co-authorship Worth It? Perhaps this is a naĂŻve blog post, but Iâm curious to know how both readers and writers approach multi-authored novels.
How Poetry Broke me Open
How Poetry Broke me Open
Photo (C) Michelle Mueller, 2013
Mis kĂŒsib elulahkmel heitlik maru! Kuid sina enesele annad endast aru.
What asks the errant storm at lifeâs crossroad ! But you must answer for yourself.
          â Betti Alver, From TĂ€hetund
 Three and a half years ago, I was sitting shyly in Avignon, France around an unknown familyâs table while laughter and curiosity and, yes, wordsdarted around me withâŠ
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The Writer and--Ooh, Shiny!
The Writer andâOoh, Shiny!
Reminder:  The 50% reduced coaching fees in honor of Intâl coach week end at midnight, Sunday, May 21. To take advantage, be sure to email me before then. More details here. I was going to title this post the Agony of Choice, but letâs be real. No one wants to talk about agony, right?  And we are all familiar with âSquirrel Syndrome.â Sometimes a shiny is just a shiny. It attracts our attentionâŠ
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Just for You, Our Muses
Just for You, Our Muses
Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend and/or Motherâs Day. If you read the A to Z series in April, you might have caught the news that Iâve spend much of the last year training to become a life coach specializing in creativity, the creative process, and writers. YOU are the inspiration for that endeavor. This community not only gave me the courage, you gave me the vision for how I can giveâŠ
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Z - Zest
#atozchallenge Z - Zest, Ray Bradbury
Zest. Gusto. How rarely one hears these words used. How rarely do we see people living, or for that matter, creating, by them. Yet if I were asked to name the most important items in a writerâs make-up, the things that shape his material and rush him along the road he wants to go, I would only warn him to look to his zest, see to his gusto. Ray Bradbury I was sure Iâd lost my zest. I was prettyâŠ
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X - Words as X-Rays
X - Words as X-rays #atozchallenge
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properlyâtheyâll go through anything. You read and youâre pierced. Aldous Huxley, Brave New World The right words reveal our bony parts. They dig in and expose new thoughts, revelations, feelings. The right words can comfort or challenge, affirm or deliver a swift kick. The right words can change us entirely as we sit with them.  The desire to write theâŠ
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V - Voyage of Discovery
V - Voyage of Discovery #atozchallenge
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust Swannâs Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol I This is another of my favorite quotes. Itâs helped a lot in times of feeling my circumstances were never going to change for the better. Developing new eyes, a new way of looking at things, has been so helpful. The main reason I love this quote isâŠ
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T - Truth
T - Truth #atozchallenge
Thatâs what fiction is for. Itâs for getting at the truth when the truth isnât sufficient for the truth. Tim OâBrien Humans are born with this amazing ability to replay scenes in our minds, to edit them, recast them, and alter actual events on our mental stage. Itâs psychological benefits an be enormous (or destructive depending on the person). Fiction is a bit like that. We can tell deep truthsâŠ
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S â Smooth Over the Sand âI was sand, I was snowâwritten on, rewritten, smoothed over.â â Margaret Atwood, The Blind AssassinâŠ
R - Reflection
R - Reflection #atozchallenge
I hear many people share with me that they just âhave to do this thingâ before they can relax and slow down. The truth is that taking the time to be still and reflective actually increases productivity and gives more joy to what youâre doing when itâs time to take action again. Maria Erving Of the new writers I speak to, about 70% of them donât understand that writing requires âoff time.â Call itâŠ
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P - Patience
P - Patience #atozchallenge
One time, ,when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if Iâd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldnât have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples. Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner I often think I was put on thisâŠ
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O âHow much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.â â Paulo Coelho As the old clichĂ© goes: Life is full of opportunities.
N - Night
N - Night #atozchallenge
Iâve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep and the world is all mine. Itâs quiet and dark â the perfect time for creativity. Jonathan Harnisch, Porcelain Utopia I confess. I am a night owl. I like staying up until the wee hours. I love to write that late. Iâve not observed any difference in my writing based on the time of day, so it must be a psychological effect. Still, when itâsâŠ
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L - Listen, or Not
L - Listen, or Not #atozchallenge
 Listen to the mustnâts, child. Listen to the donâts. Listen to the shouldnâts, the impossibles, the wonâts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me⊠Anything can happen, child. anything can be. Shel Silverstein This has been a favorite quote of mine for the last year. The very idea that we can choose who we listen to is liberating, isnât it? Itâs our responsibility, of course, toâŠ
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