Poetry Post: Sympathy Cards
Sympathy Cards It isn’t always bright lights and butterflies. It isn’t always warm sun and honeycombs. Sometimes, the darkness creeps in. Sometimes, bad things happen. Sometimes, the air grows…
Sustaining a Story
Thoughts on Sustaining a Story First thought: It’s such a clever/great/amazing/ fun idea for a story! Second thought: I need to write it down. Third thought: I’ll just start with…
FINDING YOUR WRITING COMMUNITY
Do You Know Where Your Writing Community Is? It’s Con Season for me. A busy time. In the past few weeks, I have attended two Science Fiction Fantasy Conventions (MileHi…
Characters, Tension, and Being Bitten
Connecting the dots between characters, tension, and being bitten. Sounds like a stretch, I know. But my writing brain can’t help itself. A week ago, last Friday, our cat was…
Writing Emotion That Cuts Deep
I know a little bit about writing emotion that cuts deep. Most authors do. How can we not? When I tell people I am a writer, I get the usual…