Tag: writing
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Of Blogs, The Umbilical Cord, and the Internet…,
Connecting with the godhead, that part of the divine that lives within all, the Imago Dei, coalesces the disparate parts of the soul, mind and brokenness of heart and spirit. Writing or revising and editing this part of a story or novel can and often dispenses healing to the writer whose words later transmit this…
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Writing, The Enemy of Good, and ‘Goldilocks’…
What draws us to write is often comprises that which presents our greatest challenge when writing a story, or novel. The psychic and emotional wounds that compel us to write present the greatest, and yet oftentimes, most invisible obstacles we encounter throughout the process of crafting and refining our stories for public consumption. So what…
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Of Romance, Truth, and Purging the Hidden Pools of Consciousness…
Many things can happen during the approach towards the heart of a story, or novel, both for the protagonist, and the writer. The blossoming flower of romance provides a mainstay in many stories that tug and keep open the hearts and minds of readers, wherein new possibilities enter for them to ponder both in the…
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Last Edits, My Personal Best, and Being Present…
The past two weeks have been a blur. I’m in the last stages of editing my novel, The House, that is due out later this year, and times have been quite interesting. It’s funny what happens when you reach a point of having to let go of a book and “put it out there” so…
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Of Dark Places, Irrevocable Decisions, and Transubstantiation…
The pull to reach the summit of action in a novel or story requires the writer to look within. More than that we must reach down into those dark places where fears and hidden joys lurk. It is here when connecting with our those aspects of life that frighten us we uncover the yearnings and…
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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…
My daughter recently stated that she hopes that my husband and I live to a ripe old age and that we die together, much like Noah and Allie in the movie based on The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. My daughter had just finished reading Spark’s novel, now a movie, Dear John. That’s the great thing…