This past winter, I started thinking about next steps in getting my book published and about how writers need to have social media platforms upon which to be followed. Starting ones for myself sounded less than appealing on a number of levels. For one, I update social media platforms for the national leadership group that… Continue reading I Have Nothing Good to Say
One year ago, July 1, 2016, I made a commitment to “Blog 365” – write a blog post every day for a year. Did that happen? Not exactly. Things such as life and teaching and directing stole time away from daily blogging. But I did write 118 blog posts last year – more than I… Continue reading To You I Bared My Soul … and You Embraced It
Thank you to all those of you who faithfully read my blog (and those of you who read one or two posts now and then). Your support means the world to me. For those of you who may have noticed that my posts have been rather sparse this month (and not living up to my… Continue reading A Small Hiatus from Blogging
Dear Friend, You think I’m writing about you? I am. When I write my stories and my characters come living off of my pen – they come from you. Every person I’ve ever known well gets written into my stories. Most of the time you are not singled out as one character, but woven in… Continue reading You’ve Been Written Into My Story
I am learning to silence the inner critic and pen the words that need to be said. I am learning to not seek my affirmation in comments, likes or page views. I am learning to accept my imperfect words – and I’m learning to be brave, presenting them to the world anyway. I am learning… Continue reading I Am Learning …
I am a writer. I love words and I love arranging them on paper and on a computer screen. I delight in making sentences dance and paragraphs sing and stories whisper. I have a lot of things to say and sometimes they don’t always come out right. Yet I must keep on writing no matter… Continue reading Blog 365
