It’s easy for writers to get distracted, especially on those days when it’s difficult to focus on work. Distractions in the home, friends and family can be hard to deflect; but one of the craftiest thieves of your time is the worldwide web. Social media, surfing and blogging are the best friend of procrastination, embezzling … Continue reading Controlling Your Internet Junkie
Month: February 2014
The Incompetent Pen
This is my pen, gliding over the page, wishing it could write all the interesting and fantastical words that flit through my head when I am away from my notebook, my time and my art, and at the end of the day, all the words that plagued me, that begged to be set free, are … Continue reading The Incompetent Pen
Unfinished
Some stories are destined to be unfinished; they ignite, blazing through their own ego, then burn out, watching their ashes drift away into the void of their own beginning. Unfinished I played in the unfinished basements of unfinished homes. I rented unfinished apartments; I leased unfinished houses with boyfriends who became unfinished lovers that led … Continue reading Unfinished
Everlasting Voyages
I’ve written about the value of keeping journals and what fabulous resources they are for storytelling. I have records about my life at every age; but it was my girlfriend who inspired me to keep a separate journal for travel. She kept one for every trip so she could remember the places, events and people … Continue reading Everlasting Voyages