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(Mostly) Wordless Wednesday: It’s also THIS time of year.

This is from three years ago, but this happens every year around this time.Filed under: Wordless Wednesday

Madeleine L’Engle on Faith, Belief, and Inspiration in the Creative Process

Excerpt From Chapter 9 “Do We Want the Children to See It?” in Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle The creative process has a lot to do with faith, and nothing to do with virtue, which may explain why so many artists are far from virtuous; are, indeed, great sinners. […]

Madeleine L’Engle on Writing Every Day to Let the Work Take Over

Excerpt From Chapter 1 “Cosmos from Chaos” in Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle If the work comes to the artist and says, “Here I am, serve me,” then the job of the artist, great or small, is to serve. The amount of the artist’s talent is not what it […]

Fun Friday: Let’s Be Honest, Ladies, This Is the Main Reason Most of Us Went to See THE HOBBIT

Let’s be honest, ladies, this is the main reason most of us went to see The Hobbit. .Filed under: Fun Friday

#TBT: The Down-and-Dirty Guide to Critiquing

Sometimes, I’m late jumping on a bandwagon. But when I do, I jump on (in) with both feet and take up the banner. Here, instead of posting old photos, #TBT will be looking back at the 1,760 posts from the past eight years (yes, I’ve been blogging for EIGHT YEARS!) and sharing one chosen at […]

Wordless Wednesday–It’s that time of year.

. . . . ___________________________________________ Where possible, I have credited the owner/creator/copyright holder of the images. If you are the owner/creator/copyright holder and want the image removed from my blog, please contact me directly and I will be happy to do so.Filed under: Wordless Wednesday

The Downside of Being a Writer, from R. A. Salvatore (@r_a_salvatore)

Excerpt From Part 10 (“Understanding the Downside of Being a Novelist”) of The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists. Remember when you were in the second grade and you wrote something you thought was the best thing ever written? Then it came back from the teacher covered in red marks, destroying you. That’s what being […]

JoAnn Ross on the Passion for Writing (@JoAnnRoss)

Excerpt From Part 8 (“Being Passionate about the Craft”) of Chapter 1 “A Portrait of a Novelist” in The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists (ed. Andrew McAleer) I firmly believe in the “three P” philosophy of writing: passion, patience, and persistence. I also believe that of the three, passion is the most important. It’s […]

Andrew McAleer on Being Passionate about the Craft of Writing

Excerpt From Part 8 (“Being Passionate about the Craft”) of Chapter 1 “A Portrait of a Novelist” in The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists (ed. Andrew McAleer) Writing is a craft and an art. If you are a writer, you are an artist as much as is an oil painter, sculptor, or ancient stone […]

Word Nerd Alert—Some Fun Posts on Language and Grammar

Ever wonder if the word you’re using literally means what you think it means? Does that beg the question? Do you even know what that turn of phrase means? Here are some fun links to posts about our idiosyncratic English language (mainly American, but I’m sure some of these apply to others as well). These […]