The Artistic Writer

One picture says a 1000 words. A luxury writers do not have. However writers have been known to get an idea to two from gazing at works of art. So in a silly effort to merge the two here are eleven famous paintings that describe the writing life.      ...

Writing Fortress

The historical fiction I’m currently writing required extensive research on castles. And it struck me—somewhere between the first and second drafts—that the act of writing a novel shares many similarities with  the parts of a castle. The MOAT is a writer’s...

Flo Write & the Seven Inspiration Dwarfs

Nothing feels better than words flying from brain to fingers to page! Bliss, yes? But it doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes for optimum writing flow we need the help of all the seven inspiration dwarfs…because, you know, ” hi ho , ho ho,...

Talkin’ Turkey

Or How to Carve Out Time for Writing When You Have a Day Job! Oh, and it’s not JUST writing your novel! Building a social media platform and blogging gobbles up time as well! So in the honor of Thanksgiving, this blog is dedicated to the many thankful ways this...

Candy, Clarity, & Creativity

Standing in front of candy-filled shelves is a good place to contemplate, because therein lies every writer’s story.   A WRITER’S TALE   Once upon a time, you heard the  of your friends upon announcing you were writing a novel. They didn’t...
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