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Bits and Pieces
“He knew everyone had flaws. People fell from grace all the time. But some people fell further than others.” From “Ferrelli’s Fall” (Creek Songs).
Tag Archives: creativity
Good News
I’m happy to announce that Creek Songs has been named a National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in the “Fiction: Short Story” category.
Painted Sounds – Writing About Art
Once a year the Palm Springs Branch of the National League of American Pen Women holds its annual program called Painted Sounds. The popular event actually begins several weeks prior when predetermined artists share their paintings online with the Branch membership. Pen … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged A Quiet Mind, creativity, Desert Hot Springs, ekphrastic poetry, inspiration, NLAPW Palm Springs Branch, Painted Sounds, Poetry Foundation, poetry inspired by art, Renewal of Spirit, Sense of Wonder, Solace, Spa City Paletteers, Watercolor Art, Writing to Art
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Finding the Angle
You sit at your desk or take a walk and, as you do, you scratch at your brain’s stored content and loose ends. You want to find an angle for your story and a world backdrop against which your protagonist … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, fiction writing, Inspiration, novel, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu, books, creativity, fiction, ideas, imagination, In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides, inspiration, literature, nonfiction, Passion and Principle by Sally Denton, Rancho Mirage Writers Festival, reading, Redeployment by Phil Klay, short story, The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff, The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks, Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson, When Book Went to War by Molly Giptill Manning, writing
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Have you figured out your writing process?
Out of curiosity, I’ve been trying to understand my writing process, particularly for the short story. I seem to do one of two things. Either I jot down a brief outline or list and start writing or I just start … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged creativity, editing, ideas - the creative process, inspiration, Joe Bunting, logline, outline, proof reading, rough draft, short story, Thomas E. Kennedy, writing, writing process
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Hit the Restart Button on Learning … 2015
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always liked learning, going to school, and education in general. Well, let me qualify the school part. I’ve always liked going to school … except for 7th and 8th grades. You know, puberty … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, fiction writing, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, poetry, short story, Writing
Tagged Coursera, creativity, education, imagination, inspiration, learning, on-going education, online classes, Palm Springs Writers Guild, poetry, school, SUNY College at Buffalo, writing, writing classes
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The Blogosphere … A Great Place!
As writers, we’re works in progress, always writing as much as we can. Books about writing fill our book shelves. We’re also always reading as much as we can. Novels and anthologies crowd those same book shelves. We’re always learning, … Continue reading
Renewal and Inspiration
Those moments in time when we feel a sense of renewal or the nudge or surge of inspiration are precious. It’s a time when the lenses through which we view life may clear. It’s a time when we feel inspired … Continue reading
Have You Noticed if You’ve Stopped Noticing?
Everyday we drive the same streets. We stop at the same stop signs and the same signals. We make the same left turns and the same right turns. It’s what we do to attend to the business of our lives. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Finding Ideas: The Creative Process, Inspiration, Looking for Inspiration, Writing
Tagged Art in Public Places, awareness, being aware, being creative, creativity, details, environment, finding ideas, funk, horse sculptures, horses, inspiration, noticing, observing, surroundings, The Blahs, writing
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Written Beneath the Palms 