Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Writing”
The cover of a book is the beginning of a conversation between the author and the reader. ~David Pearson One of the most exciting moments for me and probably most authors is their first look at the cover that will end up wrapped around the words of their stories. A writer spends months, sometimes years, getting a story written. Then …
“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.” (Margaret Chittenden). Today is National Authors Day. I know that because I saw it on Facebook, and when …
“Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts.” Coleman Cox When I was a young girl, maybe ten, I discovered a joy in stringing words together to write a story. I loved words. I loved reading. I loved writing. I didn’t love talking …
“Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.” ~Stephen King Maybe neither do titles of those books. But a book needs a good title. Maybe even better than good. Something catchy. Something that makes a reader wonder and yet know at the same time. The right title can entice you to open the cover. I’ve had over forty …
“A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden.” (Terri Guillemets) Ah, the beautiful sky. And what can make the sky even more beautiful? Clouds, of course. And their shadows floating over the mountains. Just as a sky needs clouds, so do stories. Beautiful blue sky and fluffy cloud scenes are good in a story. But wait. A story …
“You’re not stuck, you just forgot you can change your mind” ― J.R. Rim A few posts ago, I invited readers to ask me a question that they might have asked if they could have been at my book event and taking part in my Q & A time. I love the Q & A time of any talk. People …
Since The Innocent is on e-book sale right now for 99 cents for a limited time on Amazon, I found this post written a few years ago for a different blog when the story was newly published. I rewrote the piece to bring it up to date to share how a story can come to life for me. When I’m ready …
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.” ~Albert Einstein I had my book party Saturday. It was fun. It would have been even more fun if all of you could have been there the way Lavon was. It was so neat that she and a friend were able to come hear me …
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble. ~Yehuda Berg How many of you, as children, learned the …
Not long ago, I did a talk at the LaRue County Public Library. I’d never been there before, but a friend, actually a cousin a few times removed as people say, lives there and got the library events person to invite me. I was pleased that some people were there to hear me talk about books. Then I was excited …