Writing as a category here means that these are advice type articles on the various aspects of the writing craft. It’s also where I admit that I suck at following my own advice and am constantly finding new ways to help you. Because then I have to do it too!
My hands have become swollen making it difficult to type. I don’t know the reasoning for this and if I’m honest I couldn’t care less. I should be preparing for my impending journey to another state to share the company of a woman. I know all too well the judgements that come with such actions. I’ve already lost more than a few people whom thought so highly of themselves as to pass their adjudications onto me for my decisions. Continue reading Letting Go in the Moment
That’s actually the title to my next poetry book which I have begun and much to my publishers chagrin have let fall by the wayside. My only excuse being that as my editor has said
Your poetry is your soul work
You cannot ever rush your soul work. If I’m honest my ‘Soul Work’ was summarily interrupted by a turn of events I didn’t see coming. Regardless of that, the drive is coming now to work again. Before all this even takes place I finally, after the Nth person telling me
“You should write about your life.”
The very first thing to do to become a ‘writer’ is to Get Serious about Writing. Getting Serious about writing is not as easy as it’s often made out to be. To achieve success of any kind as a writer we need to have a toolbox and talent. Within that toolbox of writing besides the ‘normal’ tools of grammar, language, punctuation, etc. We need some other elements which a lot of budding writers sometimes forget. These are factors which cannot be ignored. Continue reading Getting Serious About Writing
