Penny J. Johnson's Blog, page 19
July 24, 2020
Setbacks: Stepping Back to Move Forward
I can across a formatting issue that forced me to reassess the use of a poem in my collection to be published later this year. Not only did the poem fail to fit onto the required page size, but the embedded formatting skewed all the other pages. So annoying was this quandary of trying to […]
July 22, 2020
Being a Writer: Question 4
In April, I was asked by a friend who teaches at a private school to answer her high school seniors’ questions about what it means to be a writer. While these answers were provided for a specific audience, I hope everyone viewing my video responses will learn more about the writing life.
July 21, 2020
Setbacks: Are We Being Setup?
What looks like a setback is often a setup for God’s ultimate plan to provide for his people. When watching the news, we may feel as if our current existence is one setback after another. I’ll admit I’m weary of it. But, mostly I think it might be most beneficial to stop watching the news. […]
July 17, 2020
Strength: Long-Distance or Sprint Writing?
During the strength-training I mentioned in my Monday post, I did a maximum weight lift that surprised the instructor. I power-cleaned one hundred pounds. Let’s just say, it was a satisfying six weeks. Unless I’m referring to spring cleaning, I have not power-cleaned since then. I doubt I could now. I’m okay with that. I […]
July 15, 2020
Being a Writer: Question 3
In April, I was asked by a friend who teaches at a private school to answer her high school seniors’ questions about what it means to be a writer. While these answers were provided for a specific audience, I hope everyone viewing my video responses will learn more about the writing life.
July 10, 2020
Strength: Strength Training with Endurance Training
In what way are you strong? The summer between my sophomore and junior year, I took a strength-training class at my high school. The first session was spent determining our maximum weight lifts on each piece of equipment. Then we spent the next six weeks doing short reps with increasing weight. By the end of […]
Delete?: Decluttering Writing Ideas
As I am nearing the end of my revising process before sending my poetry collection to my editorial and formatting team, I am trying to decide what to do next. Should I work on another poetry collection? Should I tackle the novel idea I started during NaNoWriMo? Should I do another journal-writing focus by continuing […]
July 8, 2020
Being a Writer: Question 2
In April, I was asked by a friend who teaches at a private school to answer her high school seniors’ questions about what it means to be a writer. While these answers were provided for a specific audience, I hope everyone viewing my video responses will learn more about the writing life.
July 6, 2020
Delete: Are You Sure You Want to Send This to Your Trash Bin?
What is a memory you would like to erase? Tempting, isn’t it? If we could scrub out bad memories the way we might change a misspelled word? If we could delete mistakes the way we might remove an extra comma? I don’t know that I would want to erase my memories. Even experiences that are […]
July 4, 2020
Summer Reading Challenge 2020: June 6-July 4
Here are the books I completed during the first month of my personal summer reading challenge. Out of the Deep I Cry by Julie Spencer-Fleming Five Stars I am enjoying Julie Spencer-Fleming’s Fergusson/Van Alstyne Mysteries. This is the third book in the series, and they are improving with each book. I think this one is […]
