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From Plutarch: Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
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Category Archives: Finding Ideas: The Creative Process
When Your Story Setting Chooses You
You may have visited or lived in a place you knew would become a setting for a story you had yet to write. A place that spoke to you in not only a visceral, emotional way, but also in an … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, blogging, Books, Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged Choosing a story setting for your writing, Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls, short story, story setting, story setting influencing a character, The American Falls, The Canadian Falls, The Horseshoe Falls, writing the short story
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The Personal Essay
Basically, I’m a short story writer. I’m used to the conventions and practices of that genre. I’m still growing as a fiction writer and still learning. I keep working. As far as essay format is concerned, I’m used to the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, personal essay, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged Author Tod Goldberg, Author/Journalist/Essayist Maggie Downs, Exploring your feelings, personal essay, Reflecting on your life, Six Hens Literary Journal, Tips for writing the personal essay, writing the personal essay
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A Writer’s Search for Story Titles
Titles lead unpredictable lives. A lucky writer may have a great title even before the story is begun. Often, a title arrives while the story is underway. On the other hand, it might not appear until after the last sentence … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged finding ideas for story titles, finding titles for your fiction, putting together a short story collection, short story collection, the title search in fiction writing, Themes, writing a short story collection
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Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is a special day, whether your mother is nearby, across the country, or across the ocean. It’s a time to reach out to her, hear her voice, hold her hand. It’s a time to renew that special bond. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged Art, Children and Mother's Day, Mother's Day, Mother's Day Blog, Mother's Day Book, Mother's Day Memories, Mother's Day Poems, poetry, The book All Ways A Woman, watercolors
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Marketing Your Book
We’ve been busy marketing All Ways A Woman and no one ever said marketing was easy. If you ever watch the TV show Shark Tank, shark Mark Cuban always asks the entrepreneurs who want the sharks to invest if they … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, poetry, Writing
Tagged All Ways A Woman by Carol Mann and Lynn Centeno, Book marketing ideas, invitation to a book event, Launching a book, Mark Cuban, marketing ideas for your book, marketing your book, placing a book in a museum store, Shark Tank
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To Collaborate or Not?
Collaborating with others on an endeavor is no easy matter. People have diverse personalities, work styles, and learning styles. You may say, “I prefer to work alone,” or “Collaborating isn’t for me.” Granted, it’s tricky. It’s risky. It’s complicated. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged actor, Art, co-authoring a book, collaborate, collaborative effort, mounting a play, poetry, respect efforts of others, team teaching, Theatre, theatre director, tricks for working together, working together, writing
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