Getting Started, Twitter, Writing

How do you handle distraction?

Today is just one of those days. After a round of afternoon yoga my chi is still at large. Time for option b...caffeine induced zen. Funny, that isn't working either. No matter how much caffeine I ingest I'm not finding that zen garden today. You ever get like that? I'm trying to figure out how my… Continue reading How do you handle distraction?

Inspiration, Pictures worth a thousand words, Quotes, Twitter

It is the pen which dreams!

It's #Writer's Wednesday on Twitter, #WW and I'd like to send out a special 'hello' to all of my writing friends out there. I know I've said it before, (countless times) but you are so awesome. We're now 1,500 friends strong on Twitter and I've gotten a chance to know a lot of you personally.… Continue reading It is the pen which dreams!

Pictures worth a thousand words, Quotes

The Road Not Taken

This is still one of my favorite poems of all time... The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the… Continue reading The Road Not Taken

Inspiration, Quotes

To love…

  "We are born to love as we are born to die, and between the heartbeats of those two great mysteries lies all the tangled undergrowth of our tiny lives. There is nowhere to go but through. And so we walk on, lost, and lost again, in the mapless wilderness of love." -Tim Farrington I… Continue reading To love…

Inspiration, Pictures worth a thousand words, Quotes

A Charles Dickens kind of day

"There either is or is not, that’s the way things are. The colour of the day. The way it felt to be a child. The saltwater on your sunburnt legs. Sometimes the water is yellow, sometimes it’s red. But what colour it may be in memory, depends on the day. I’m not going to tell… Continue reading A Charles Dickens kind of day

Inspiration, Quotes, Twitter, Writing

Friday quote time!!

This week has been so hectic, it's hard to believe it's Friday again! Be sure to check out the Twitter Feed for the blog (if you haven't already) and see this week's #FF love fest. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone, so if you've RT'd or Retweeted me this week and you don't see yourself mentioned… Continue reading Friday quote time!!

Inspiration, Literary Agents, Manuscript Requests, Pictures worth a thousand words, Query Letter, Quotes

You must ‘want to’ enough…

They say that perseverance is key in the publishing industry. So keep that in mind fellow writers on this #Writers Wednesday. Don't be discouraged by rejection. You never know what tomorrow's mail will bring. You just might find your literary agent partner in crime. Believe in you enough and believe in your writing enough to… Continue reading You must ‘want to’ enough…

Inspiration, Quotes, Writing

Don’t say it was ‘delightful’…

Happy Monday! Since I'm still scribbling away at my next book, a quote about writing felt right. Also C.S. Lewis is a force to be reckoned with, so here's some writing advice from the man himself. Hope your day is filled to the brim with caffeine, writing, and minimal cursing... I take that last part… Continue reading Don’t say it was ‘delightful’…

Characters, Inspiration, Pictures worth a thousand words, Quotes

A silly little Saturday quote

  "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein You know what's REALLY stupid boy genius? E=MC2. So there.