Betsy Horvath's Blog, page 31
March 4, 2012
Reading A Lot
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut. Stephen King, On Writing As always, I bow to Mr. King's expert advice in his book On Writing. And I [...]
March 1, 2012
The Unkindest Cut
I had the day off today. I thought that I would spend the day thinking deep thoughts and writing glorious prose. Instead I spent it going through paperwork for my taxes and playing Mahjong. Ah well. The best laid plans. But then I found myself at the end of the day having written neither [...]
February 28, 2012
February 23, 2012
10 Reasons Why I Love Romance Novels
So, I kind of decided that I'm probably going to give up reading romance novels for Lent. I usually try to give up something I like for Lent, but this year it was hard because I've already changed a lot of stuff. There just wasn't much left. After some thought, I decided to [...]
February 21, 2012
A Brief Status Update
As you may, or may not, know (or care), I'm in the throes of several "Betsy makeover" initiatives this year. With luck, they will help me release my inner Betsy. Roar like a lioness, Betsy! Roar! mewwwww! Hey, it's a start. Since I have taken to spewing my personal angst all over cyberspace, I thought [...]
February 16, 2012
Writing Through The Drama
It's really hard for me to try to write when I'm feeling extremes of emotion. The emotion can be either end of the scale. If I'm feeling extremely happy or excited, I'm all jittery inside, or I just can't make myself sit down at the computer. If I'm extremely upset or angry, then it's [...]
February 14, 2012
Scars of Love
As you may know from previous posts, I like to look at trees as I'm out bummeling around the walking trail. One day I happened to notice the tree in this photograph, and it made me think. L.A.D. and K.M. loved each other enough to carve evidence of that fact in the bark of [...]
February 12, 2012
Wisdom From James
I've been thinking a lot about James Allen this week. James Allen was a British philosophical writer, born in 1864. I stumbled across him originally when I found a quote from him on the back of a Celestial Seasonings tea box. As I continued reading his work, I found that a lot of what he [...]
February 9, 2012
I Like Trees
I like trees. I like looking at them. When I was younger, I wanted to live inside a tree like the kid in the book "My Side Of The Mountain". Sometimes I still do. One of my first poems, written when I was in third grade, was about a tree I used to climb in [...]
February 7, 2012
Meditation in Motion
As part of my diabetic makeover, I've started walking regularly again. This is good for me not only physically, but mentally. Walking seems to unclog my mind and gets the streams of thought and creativity flowing more freely. I've read somewhere that walking is called "meditation in motion", and for me that is true. Personally, [...]
