My contribution to The Writers' Vineyard this month explains my Great-Aunt-Emma's superpower: unconditional love. ...if I had to give Aunt Emma a superpower, it would be unconditional love. Countless of us kids and cousins remember the sparkle in her blue eyes, her warm hugs, her enormous smiles whenever we came within view - and no … Continue reading Hero Stories: On the Writers’ Vineyard
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Why it’s called “commencement”
I'm on the Writers' Vineyard today, with a few thoughts about commencement. Tis the season for graduations! Here's an excerpt: It's all about beginnings. We celebrate accomplishments, and in so doing, we prepare ourselves for a new start. What comes next? Moving, job searches, weddings, births? Who knows. We only know that at the moment … Continue reading Why it’s called “commencement”
Thoughts on Storytelling
My contribution to The Writer's Vineyard this month is inspired by a day at a storytelling workshop. The day ended with an open story swap for all participants - thank you, Bob, for this sweet, funny Zen tale, that is included in my TWV post : Once there was a little girl at school. The … Continue reading Thoughts on Storytelling
Digging Out
My monthly post on The Writers Vineyard is all about the inscrutability of Mother Nature, and of the creative process. Mother Nature is inscrutable. Much like our writing muses, who tend to extremes. Blizzards of ideas and inspiration almost too much to manage alternate with dry periods when we search the horizon for signs of … Continue reading Digging Out
Fireside Thoughts
Where does writing really happen? On my monthly contribution to The Writers' Vineyard, I share a few thoughts that came to me by a warm fire on a chilly January evening. Over the years, I've written scenes, chapters, even whole drafts at all of these places: A favorite coffee shop Outside under a tree A … Continue reading Fireside Thoughts
Five Reasons for Writers to Give Thanks: On TWV
Happy Thanksgiving weekend! While we all (I hope) take a break to enjoy friends, family, and food (the three f's of a good life!), here's my contribution this month to The Writers Vineyard. Five things writers can be grateful for. Here is a sample: Other writers. This year during NaNoWriMo, I've met a handful of … Continue reading Five Reasons for Writers to Give Thanks: On TWV
Swooping Through November, on TWV
My contribution to The Writers Vineyard this month is all about the swoop. Here's a taste: I'm not certain why we feel it's so important to claim our tribe. Maybe because writing is essentially solitary, so we cling to anything that creates a sense of not being in it alone. Or maybe we spend so … Continue reading Swooping Through November, on TWV
It’s not Thursday, but…
Business and other pesky gnats got the better of me over the weekend, so I partially recycled (let's call it "upcycled" and make it sound trendy!) so I upcycled a post from last fall for my contribution to The Writers Vineyard. The early autumn swarms of gnats are baaa-aack, and so are the potential distractions … Continue reading It’s not Thursday, but…
We are tiny, thank goodness: On TWV
My contribution to The Writers' Vineyard this month is inspired by a Pale Blue Dot. You might remember one of the most famous photos of our planet. It's often referred to as the Pale Blue Dot. Taken from the Voyager I space probe in 1990, it shows the entire planet Earth as a tiny pale … Continue reading We are tiny, thank goodness: On TWV
Summertime: On The Writers Vineyard
A few morsels of thought on weddings, road trips, fires, sunsets, and the images they provide to help tell the stories we hold inside in my contribution to The Writers Vineyard. It's August, time for all those wonderful long sunny weekends filled with picnics, gatherings, weddings, parties, camping, road trips, time outdoors. Sunshine and fresh … Continue reading Summertime: On The Writers Vineyard
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