Flex Your Muse’s Muscles
This is a fun exercise to do, if your muse has been slobing around and not giving you the inspiration or drive you need. It makes you keep your mind focused as you write, and still allows you to deviate … Continue reading →
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Wiley Wednesday for January 21, 2009
I want to share a Zen koan with you, but I think first it needs a little introduction. A koan is a teaching fable. They don’t always make immediate sense to Western ears, (and may not to Japanese ones either, … Continue reading →
My Secret LIfe as an Author
My Secret Life as an Author Hello, my name is Stacey Harlowe. That’s me, in the white SUV idling behind you in the long line of cars waiting to drop off kids at Emerson Elementary this morning. I’m just another … Continue reading →
Wiley Wednesday: To Outline or Not To Outline
A lot of people, generally nonwriters or new writers, tell me that to write a novel, one needs an outline. To which I say, Hogwash. That’s right. Hogwash! One needs an outline as much as one needs a pencil – … Continue reading →
Fleeting Moments
Merry Christmas everyone! I hopethe New Year is full of wonderfuladventures, health and happiness. Your Spirit engorges meuntil there is nothing but You Only…the sense of theDivine All earthly things fadeaway Your light almostblinding Painful to look upon The fine … Continue reading →
‘On Writing—A Memoir of the Craft’
Review of Stephen King’s ‘On Writing—A Memoir of the Craft’ I found a copy of Stephen King’s writing guide, ‘On Writing–A Memoir of the Craft’ on my Artist’s Date to Barnes and Noble last week. After reading the foreword I … Continue reading →
Night Games
It was suggested recently, on another web site, that my poetry is a little too romantic for some…I’m OK with that! I’m a romantic, optimistic kind o’ gal. But this comment did have me wondering what would be suitably unromantic … Continue reading →
No procrastination here!
Gwen, your blog on procrastination inspired me and shook me out of the doldrums. Sometimes a little kick in the right spot works wonders. Good stuff! soft lips caressing seducing with sweet whispers unfair advantage whispering voices rustling sheets, perfect … Continue reading →
Planet Procrastination
Most of us aren’t gifted with a lifestyle allowing us to pursue every whim. Most of us have jobs, families, school, and a host of other responsibilities. Most of us have . . . well, lives. But then, we also … Continue reading →
Review of ‘Dark Desires after Dusk’
I recently finished Kresley Cole’s novel, ‘Dark Desires after Dusk’. It is one of her ‘Immortals after Dark’ series. I found it a different take on the often cliched paranormal romance novels that are so popular at the moment. In … Continue reading →